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joebedford
Nomad II
Nov 04, 2015

How do you remove self-tapping screws from RV frame?

Quite a few of the screws holding the skirting to my rig have snapped off heads. I've been putting in new screws but I really don't want to drill a lot more holes into the frame. I've broken off a cou...
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RJsfishin
Explorer
Nov 07, 2015
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How do you remove self-tapping screws from RV frame?
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Very simple answer, if the metal is over 10 ga, You DON'T !

If I absolutely had to, I'd spot heat the screw red hot w/ a torch, let it cool kinda slow, which will anneal it.....making it drillable.
Or cooling it fast, will shrink it, and it mite remove easily.

And now all the raving can start about what the heating may do to the frame......:R

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