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Where applicable, orient the troublesome screw or bolt so gravity aids the lubricant in soaking down to the threads. Each EASY-OUT has a right-hand thread which embeds itself into the hole drilled by a corresponding (matching) Right-Hand HSS Jobber Drill Bit (drill bits are not included). Do not jerk on the wrench while attempting to turn the easy out extractor or subject it to side-to-side force.
This wedging action can lock the screw even more tightly in place, making it difficult or impossible to extract. Based in Arlington, Texas, Larry Darter has been writing articles on a broad range of topics including building and construction, outdoor recreation and personal finance since 2009. This step-by-step guide for the proper use of easy outs should benefit those faced with having to remove a broken, seized screw or bolt.
They are generally left-handed, for use on right-handed threads, though there are right-handed extractors for removing left-handed screws. Just place the drill bit into your drill, apply pressure to the drill screw extractor and then use in reverse just as you would with a normal screw. ALL IN ONE SCREW EXTRACTOR SET - Our screw remover comes with 5 1/4" hex drill bits, each with a different sized end to ensure you have the right extraction tool for rounded screws or any size of the damaged screw you have a problem with. This size is often non-standard for most drill sets, requiring a dedicated drill bit to be supplied with the kit. A drawback to tapered screw extractors is that their wedge action tends to expand the drilled, and thus weakened, screw.
Select the largest size bit that can be safely used without concern for over-drilling and damaging the receiving threads of the hole in which the broken bolt or screw was originally installed. As the extractor is turned, the flutes on the tool dig into the screw, causing it to lock tightly and withstand the applied torque required to remove the screw.A tool analogous to a screw extractor, but for removing a seized or rounded off nut from a bolt, is a nut extractor, which has tapered, spiral flutes like a screw extractor, but located internally in the tool, not externally.
If the easy out loses its metal-to-metal bite, remove the wrench and tap on it again with a ball peen hammer to re-seat it and then continue the attempts to turn it. This will aid in keeping a drill bit on center in the next step and can also help to dislodge rust from the threads.EASY SCREW REMOVAL TOOL - Our two-step process makes the speed out screw extractor quick and easy out removes damaged, stripped, and rusty screws. Screw extractors are intentionally made of hard, brittle steel, and, if too much torque is applied, can break off inside the screw that is being removed.
Insert the easy out into the hole drilled in the center of the broken bolt or screw and then gently tap it home with a hammer so it bites into the metal of the bolt or screw. Straight fluted extractors have less wedging effect than tapered screw extractors, so have less tendency to lock the screws into place.
The extractor is then hammered into the hole with a brass hammer, because a steel hammer is more likely to cause the extractor to break.
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