Captain X, I am a computer tech and I deal with stripped screws almost every day. 2 best tips I can give that are life changing for stripped screws 1) Put a rubber band over the screw. jab the screw driver into the rubber band and twist. the rubber grabs the screw and will unscrew it. This tip totally changed my computer tech life for the better. I really suggest trying it. 2) for extremely hard screws TAP the screw driver with a hammer or mallet lightly but repeatedly as you screw. mix this with the rubber band trick for maximum efficiency. - last tip from me for stripped screws. If you really really really cannot get a stripped screw out using these methods you can buy a cheap screw driver, cover the screw and the screwdriver tip in crazy glue, let it dry, then unscrew it. I've never asked for likes, but please like this so people can see, as the rubber band trick is seriously life changing.
the trick with tapping hte screw driver is not about hitting it hard, about soft constant tapping. Also, there is actual screw drivers that are DESIGNED to be hit with a hammer, and every time you tap it, it pushes the bit towards the screw, does 1/4 turn then resets. A friend gave me mine, not sure how much they cost, but it works every time for me.
HUGE THANKS!!!!!! Number "zero" flat head screwdriver worked well to remove a stripped screw from a Demolisher I thrifted yesterday at the Guam Salvation Army thrift store
The "nuclear option" doesn't need to destroy the screw post. If you use a counter-clockwise bit, it like the flathead driver, but the two sides of the blade are 90 degrees from each other and, once the bit bites into the screw head, it should pop out just as if it were a new screw on a standard philips head bit. This is the solution that my dad came up with, and he worked in construction for a little more than 30 years.
The key is to start slow, otherwise you just drill out like normal. But if you start slow, the bit will start to dig in, but bind up and start to turn the screw's shaft. The set I tried this was purchased at Harvor Freight and Tool for I think $15 and had 9 bits, ranging in size from I think 1/16in to 3/8in.
The set that I mentioned earlier was purchased years ago. Here's what I found when I went looking now. m.harborfreight.com/left-hand-drill-bit-set-13-pc-61686.html
Captain Xavier. You just saved my new stratohawk from becoming shell work. I had striped a screw last night and had to destroy the screw hole then once i had the screw out i put the same striped screw into the hole at the bottom. i was so frustrated and i almost broke more of my gun. Thankfully I decided to take a break from the day. this is hours after trying desperately to “button it back up” Today i was really worried about it and I decided to look at videos on how to unscrew striped screws. I had been watching your channel for a while and i i was surprised to see your video on the results. Thank you so much for making this video!!! So very helpful.
@@CaptainXavier I need so much help rn. I bought a mod kit off of etsy for my knockout, and I stripped three screws. I tried the rubberband, cuz it was the only thing I had at my house. Doesn't work for me and I'm using a number 0 Phillips head and I've gotten nowhere. I tried to put a lot of pressure to break the initial seal, and I got a few out with minimal stripping... Help. Please. Edit: after seeking consultation on reddit, many people have asked if I broke the seal on the stripped screws, no I have not. I hope my knockouts not toast, cuz it served me very well. I also tried my dad's number one screwdriver and it's too big to fit in the small holes of the knockout.
@@martyman2193 not sure what more advice I can give that I didn't already cover in this video. It sounds like your screw driver was slightly too small. It can be tough finding one that is the right size. My next step would be trying a star head screw driver. You will need one just a little smaller than the stripper out section of the screws. The 6 points on the star can sometimes get enough purchase if you push hard enough to get the screws out.
@@CaptainXavier will try star screwdriver tomorrow, cuz I'm only 14 and it's way past my bed time. Thank you for replying tho, I thought I would never actually get a response from seeing how many other youtubers Don t bother to read comments on videos that are over a month old let alone 4 years
@Captain Xavier Update: Got help help from my dad cuz he is a Chad when it come to any handy work and we got the blaster open, do you have any recommendations for replacement screws that don't cost a lot? I'd like t be able to open my blaster again alo easier than it was this time around. I looked at amazon and I saw that worker sells thumb screws for a stryfe, do you think those would fit a knockout
Thanks for this. I had a screw in a Tri-Strike a while back, and exhausted my knowledge of options before just drilling out the post. I wish I knew about the star-bit, I have a few actual screwdrivers of that bit type. Thanks, sir.
I've found that the #0 works in every blaster that I've encountered, so I have a bunch of them in my toolbox. I was under the impression that the #1 was too large and would then strip the screws in the first place. The only screw that I'm confident is a #1 is the Stryfe battery door. Thanks for the tip with the T9 though.
I use a spanner bit that I custom cut from hardened tool steel or a flat head that I filed from tool steel and place them on the screw head and give them a "little" series of love taps with a rubber mallet - basically pressing new indexing features on the screw, then remove them with the same tool I used to force the new surface with. Hasn't failed yet, but it's very much a "Tried everything else, can't drill it out because it's being resold" option.
just had a screw in so tightly that none of these tricks worked, so i grabbed my drill and smallest bit. i drilled into the screw head just a little, and then reversed the drill but held it to the screw. surprisingly managed to remove the screw, although i only recommend this as a last resort
If you have a drill-press or mill put it in neutral, chuck up a screwdriver extension so you have some flat sides to put a wrench on, use the drill-press leaver to apply pressure and the wrench to turn the screwdriver bit. You either need a helper to hold the blaster or some clamps. (If the blaster is twisting out of the clamps put a clamp in the way for the blaster to but into and keep it from twisting out of the other clamps.) You can also get left-handed end mills, they don't try to walk like a drill bit can.
There's a drill bit sort of thing specifically for removing stripped out screws. It's just a bit large for nerf screws and doesn't fit most screw holes on nerf blasters. But it might be just right for a fairly large screw close to the surface. Then again, the other methods would probably work on that too, it's more a woodworking tool
Very helpful video on an often overlooked subject, I ALWAYS use thumb-tightening screws on my battery doors, because of constantly changing LiPo's or other batteries can kill a screw head reeeeeally quickly. (As an aside, it looks like you have the same camera tripod as me !?) If you're in the U.K. I managed to pick up a set of three PH 00, PH0 and PH1 screwdrivers with long shafts and decent grips from a local pound store (the U.S. equivalent would be a 99 cent store) and they work great, I also got a "modular" (I know you like things modular :) !) precision screwdriver with interchangeable tips from the same store with 6 tips that all slot inside the handle Philips or Posidrive (PH00, PH0, PH1) and 3 slotted tips (0.5mm, 1.5mm, 2mm) and an LED illuminated tip that you switch on/off like using a retractable pencil. For what it is, it's pretty bright and can help you see down the screw ports or inside a blaster like a pen-light. You're absolutely spot on about loosening and tightening the screws properly by hand, my cordless drill/driver has a torque adjustable chuck, but I still won't use it, I sometimes (if there's a lot of screws to be done) use a cordless driver, but most of the time the shaft on the bits it too short anyway. Yeah, and torx or stardrive bits can help remove a shredded screw head, but you just have to throw it away. Luckily I keep any screws I don't need from modding as they are never ther when you need them, and everywhere when you don't! Great vid though Chaylo, thanks for the tips!
I've never come close to success using the rubber method. Pressing down harder with the screwdriver usually works for me. I had a stripped screw in a Longshot stock that got stuck after being partially unscrewed. I managed to slightly pull the shell halves apart (the other screws were out) and get some wire cutters in there to cut the screw in half. A tight grip with some pliers got the rest of the shaft out. Unfortunately, I do have some ugly marks on a couple of blasters from when I went to the drill too soon.
I like how you said the nuclear option, I was taking a titan apart to put the tank in a long strike and some of the screws stripped out,long story short when I went to drill them out I had the drill going the wrong way and they tunneled into the Titan
I had to remove two stripped screws that were just completely stripped out, and nothing worked at all. Rubber bands, super glue, and flat headed screw drivers all failed to get those screws out. My drill also wasn't powerful enough to drill through the heads. So I ended up using my rotary tool to grind out the area around the screwpost on the shell, then I glued the hole closed again. The thing was eventually painted so it's not bad at all. Just another option if all else fails, but please don't do this one first lol
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked for this on the third or fourth mod tips video, and since you had replied, I have been waiting! I have a stampede with a badly stripped screw and I got a dremil, and I have access to a 3d printer, and I have wanted to mod the crap out of it for SO LONG! also, I got I rapidstrike, but i couldn't open it because the front sight screw is really stripped, but I did do a mod to make the stock actually adjustable (4 settings), which I can tell you about if you're interested.
well, how the stock locks is that it has a little tab that pushes in when you pull on the button to adjust the stock. you can slide the entire mechanism and stock out of the rapidstrike easily, and then you just make more holes in the white plastic piece that the tab sticks into (a long flat rectangle). Make sure they are wide enough, but also, if they are not long enough, the shape of the tab will allow it to slip back out. For mine, I reinforced the area around the new holes (I made 2 more specified for me) with epoxy putty, and spent quite a while sanding and filing to get the piece with the holes to fit back in its spot and to make the hole fit again, so I recommend using different methods to brace it if you find it necessary. I just didn't want to risk breaking it because it is the sort of soft white plastic. I discovered this because, like my first comment said, the front sight screw was (is right now still, but not for long) stripped out, so I could only access the back, and barely; the ease of pulling the entire mechanism out was a life-saver. P.S. Sorry for rambling, hope this makes sense for someone who has never done this mod. if it doesn't make sense, I will try and clarify, just ask.
Hey X, thanks for this guide! I know it's a year late but a couple more suggestions to avoid stripping screws or posts: 1: When inserting screws, turn them backwards until they 'click' into the old threading, this will help avoid crossthreading or cutting multiple threads 2: Throw away *ALL* your philips screwdrivers. Philips is a *GARBAGE* standard with triangular teeth that are *designed* to cam out to prevent over-torquing. It's only one step up from single-use torque-to-yield screws. JIS screwdrivers are orthognally toothed +headed screwdrivers that are compatible with philips screws and are designed to grip the screw instead of sliding off. Bonus is that then you have screwdrivers that will work on japanese screws whereas philips drivers will actively destroy them.
My good captain, The stripped screw I am dealing with is a triangle screw. Of course, I have a triwing screwdriver. This pesky screw is point zero (same as screwdriver), and is sitting rather comfortably in my Nintendo product. Any tips??? -Willow
Yeah, that is not really a Mod Tip so much as a complete tutorial. I have never actually tried that but if I ever do try that I will certainly make video on it.
searched "nerf super soaker mod" and found End3rW1z squall surge and BloNo Nerf Max D 2000. 1. cut funnel, 2. glue barrel or coupler, 3. cut shell to fit new barrel. I did not find a step for removing the water tank, but the squall surge had its overpressure valve hot-glued shut.
My favorite one is using a special bit that looks like a phillips head bit, but it only has 3 blades instead of the cross. This always works for me, unless the hole is too deep.
some time ago i remember seeing infomercials for some type of tool (i think it was some special drill bit) that was specifically designed for getting striped screws out. though i dont recall the name and i dont know if it would work on screws as small as these.
I had a problem where a screw in my Nemesis was stripped when I got it. I realized it when taking it apart for the first time. It made it even worse when it was the one in the middle, the deepest one and the longest screw. None of my screwdrivers were not long enough to reach the screw, so I ended up having to break the screw after getting enough space between the shells. Any recommended replacement screws for those kind of holes which are very deep? Will the Maverick ones do just fine?
I have had a scenario where there is a teeny tiny screw on the cycloneshock slide and I couldn't even drill it out. I was so pissed I just decided to rip the slide off. The slide still worked and the tiny screw was never seen again so now I have a beast cycloneshock shotgun
I have a mediator with stripped screw. I have tried alot of different options. The screw won't come out either way. I've tried rubber bands, star tips, five point tips, 3 point tips, square tips, flat heads, Philip heads, and smaller allen wrenches. Any ideas that could help would be appreciated greatly
Another way to get a ultra stripped screw is to get an old small allen wrench and some jb weld. Let it stick and cure and then just unscrew the whole assembly.
A bit just slightly smaller than the screw hole. The goal is the drill off the entire screw head or to strip the post so completely that the shell can just be pulled apart.
I had never even heard of them until I posted this and the comments came flowing. I suspect most early Nerf modders will not have one. I do plan to look into it and add it to the advanced tool video eventually.
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement screw for the battery cover for the modulus ECS-10? I have stripped the screw that holds the cover to the blaster body, without this screw the cover will not stay on the blaster body, please help.
Hopefully something here works, I have an old raider cs-35 and one of the screw whole had a lot of gunk, after cleaning said gunk it was stripped, either I tried when I was younger, or the screw busted apart from corrosion
Doh! I nuked 3 screw posts on a longshot just last week. I made the mistake of starting out with the electric screwdriver. After that, the reverse threaded screw puller bit wouldn't catch so I just drilled the heads off.
:-P hehehe .. but seriously, I do hope that dislikebomber gets his karma. Like why doesn't he target a youtube channel that is offensive, or deserves it?
Umm, my demolisher's battery compartment's screw's so rounded I can't even get it out with the flat head screwdriver (I don't have a star head screwdriver and I pressed on the screwdriver so hard my palm had a bruise on it for two and a half weeks)
Welp, this would have been helpful to know 24 hours ago. I simply removed all other screws and pried it open so that the screw post broke. Hopefully I'll be able to glue it somehow. If not, I'll just have to live with a wobly and creaking Rapidstrike stock
Have you ever tried screw extractors....you basically drill a hole in the head of the screw and insert a left hand screw extractor and torc the screw out...simple easy.
+James White I have not. Is that something the average nerf has in their tool kit? I did not even k ow they existed until 4 or 5 people before you suggested them. I have been avoiding tips that require specialty tools. I will probably do a tools addendum at some point covering specialty tools and this is on the list. :)
Yea the average nerfer might know about them....However they work great. Might be cool to show how the work so maybe the average modder might pick them up...especially if you buy used guns at good will...I keep finding ones that the screws are horribly malformed.
I guess this rayven is trash now since the screw is stripped when i bought it and i tried drilling, its now at a point where if i drill more i risk breaking the blaster itself and it still wont come out
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Captain X, I am a computer tech and I deal with stripped screws almost every day.
2 best tips I can give that are life changing for stripped screws
1) Put a rubber band over the screw. jab the screw driver into the rubber band and twist. the rubber grabs the screw and will unscrew it. This tip totally changed my computer tech life for the better. I really suggest trying it.
2) for extremely hard screws TAP the screw driver with a hammer or mallet lightly but repeatedly as you screw. mix this with the rubber band trick for maximum efficiency.
- last tip from me for stripped screws. If you really really really cannot get a stripped screw out using these methods you can buy a cheap screw driver, cover the screw and the screwdriver tip in crazy glue, let it dry, then unscrew it.
I've never asked for likes, but please like this so people can see, as the rubber band trick is seriously life changing.
Yeah, I mention the rubber band option. I had not thought to try tapping the screw driver. The super glue option is also a good one.
the trick with tapping hte screw driver is not about hitting it hard, about soft constant tapping. Also, there is actual screw drivers that are DESIGNED to be hit with a hammer, and every time you tap it, it pushes the bit towards the screw, does 1/4 turn then resets. A friend gave me mine, not sure how much they cost, but it works every time for me.
No
Sounds cool, I will try it.
why do i see ur profile pic so often on all these different people ?
I take it that destroying the whole damn thing with a chainsaw in a fit of rage isn’t recommended.
Been there
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Sounds like you have personal experience...
@@thedumbone7786 .........I plead the fifth
I prefer a pneumatic hammers ngl
Thank SO MUCH! You just saved a modified Perses that has costed me over $200 and hours of work.
HUGE THANKS!!!!!! Number "zero" flat head screwdriver worked well to remove a stripped screw from a Demolisher I thrifted yesterday at the Guam Salvation Army thrift store
The "nuclear option" doesn't need to destroy the screw post. If you use a counter-clockwise bit, it like the flathead driver, but the two sides of the blade are 90 degrees from each other and, once the bit bites into the screw head, it should pop out just as if it were a new screw on a standard philips head bit. This is the solution that my dad came up with, and he worked in construction for a little more than 30 years.
+A J Rodinsky you are the second person to suggestion this. I did not even know this was a thing!
The key is to start slow, otherwise you just drill out like normal. But if you start slow, the bit will start to dig in, but bind up and start to turn the screw's shaft. The set I tried this was purchased at Harvor Freight and Tool for I think $15 and had 9 bits, ranging in size from I think 1/16in to 3/8in.
The set that I mentioned earlier was purchased years ago. Here's what I found when I went looking now.
m.harborfreight.com/left-hand-drill-bit-set-13-pc-61686.html
Imma do this with my stored now. Just thrifted it with rounded screws and came here for help.
That *pop* sound is one of the most satisfying things about modding nerf guns.
Captain Xavier. You just saved my new stratohawk from becoming shell work. I had striped a screw last night and had to destroy the screw hole then once i had the screw out i put the same striped screw into the hole at the bottom.
i was so frustrated and i almost broke more of my gun. Thankfully I decided to take a break from the day. this is hours after trying desperately to “button it back up”
Today i was really worried about it and I decided to look at videos on how to unscrew striped screws.
I had been watching your channel for a while and i i was surprised to see your video on the results.
Thank you so much for making this video!!! So very helpful.
Awesome! Glad I could help!
@@CaptainXavier I need so much help rn. I bought a mod kit off of etsy for my knockout, and I stripped three screws. I tried the rubberband, cuz it was the only thing I had at my house. Doesn't work for me and I'm using a number 0 Phillips head and I've gotten nowhere. I tried to put a lot of pressure to break the initial seal, and I got a few out with minimal stripping... Help. Please.
Edit: after seeking consultation on reddit, many people have asked if I broke the seal on the stripped screws, no I have not. I hope my knockouts not toast, cuz it served me very well. I also tried my dad's number one screwdriver and it's too big to fit in the small holes of the knockout.
@@martyman2193 not sure what more advice I can give that I didn't already cover in this video. It sounds like your screw driver was slightly too small. It can be tough finding one that is the right size.
My next step would be trying a star head screw driver. You will need one just a little smaller than the stripper out section of the screws. The 6 points on the star can sometimes get enough purchase if you push hard enough to get the screws out.
@@CaptainXavier will try star screwdriver tomorrow, cuz I'm only 14 and it's way past my bed time. Thank you for replying tho, I thought I would never actually get a response from seeing how many other youtubers Don t bother to read comments on videos that are over a month old let alone 4 years
@Captain Xavier
Update: Got help help from my dad cuz he is a Chad when it come to any handy work and we got the blaster open, do you have any recommendations for replacement screws that don't cost a lot? I'd like t be able to open my blaster again alo easier than it was this time around. I looked at amazon and I saw that worker sells thumb screws for a stryfe, do you think those would fit a knockout
Can these screwdrivers take a K26
yes
Captain Xavier k26 fits my screwdriver but it's not catching help please
captain clorox username checks out.
Hugo Young lol
This is TH-cam, not Reddit
You’ve rescued me again. I had a stripped screw on an old Titan I was trying to repair. Thank you.
Just stripped a screw on my Stryfe and this helped a lot. Thanks Captain!
This couldn't have been better timed. I was debating whether to abandon a project and start again because I couldn't get it open. Thanks captain
This is actually super useful because I strip screws all the time. Thanks.
Thanks! Helped a lot. I bought a mega bulldog to minimize it but it had not one but TWO stripped screws
Thanks for this. I had a screw in a Tri-Strike a while back, and exhausted my knowledge of options before just drilling out the post. I wish I knew about the star-bit, I have a few actual screwdrivers of that bit type. Thanks, sir.
I've found that the #0 works in every blaster that I've encountered, so I have a bunch of them in my toolbox. I was under the impression that the #1 was too large and would then strip the screws in the first place. The only screw that I'm confident is a #1 is the Stryfe battery door. Thanks for the tip with the T9 though.
Broke my drill bit in half with the last option, which was the only one that wasn't obvious. Thanks.
You're...welcome?
@@CaptainXavier sorry for the rude comment, I was just really mad at my stripped screw
I use a spanner bit that I custom cut from hardened tool steel or a flat head that I filed from tool steel and place them on the screw head and give them a "little" series of love taps with a rubber mallet - basically pressing new indexing features on the screw, then remove them with the same tool I used to force the new surface with. Hasn't failed yet, but it's very much a "Tried everything else, can't drill it out because it's being resold" option.
THANK YOU CAPTAIN!
Half the nerf blasters I've opened, I striped a screw and now I know how to get around that!
i tried everythinng to my 3 month old accutroper and it is barely stripped but i cant get it out
i have three that cant get out
thanks brother for doing this one, I hate getting Stripped screws
Me too
thank for the help that stupid long one at the front was annoying as hell when it got stripped
The nerf modding community needs to hear this
...well...feel free to tell them.
LOOK AT ALL THESE SCREWS! GEEYAH! NONE FOR YOU!
Screw you
*nudge nudge
just had a screw in so tightly that none of these tricks worked, so i grabbed my drill and smallest bit. i drilled into the screw head just a little, and then reversed the drill but held it to the screw. surprisingly managed to remove the screw, although i only recommend this as a last resort
If you have a drill-press or mill put it in neutral, chuck up a screwdriver extension so you have some flat sides to put a wrench on, use the drill-press leaver to apply pressure and the wrench to turn the screwdriver bit. You either need a helper to hold the blaster or some clamps. (If the blaster is twisting out of the clamps put a clamp in the way for the blaster to but into and keep it from twisting out of the other clamps.)
You can also get left-handed end mills, they don't try to walk like a drill bit can.
There's a drill bit sort of thing specifically for removing stripped out screws. It's just a bit large for nerf screws and doesn't fit most screw holes on nerf blasters. But it might be just right for a fairly large screw close to the surface. Then again, the other methods would probably work on that too, it's more a woodworking tool
interesting, I've tried a couple of these but ill try again this week end on my stripped screws, thank you captain.
Thank you for doing what you're doing probably the most helpful nerf modding channel
Very helpful video on an often overlooked subject, I ALWAYS use thumb-tightening screws on my battery doors, because of constantly changing LiPo's or other batteries can kill a screw head reeeeeally quickly.
(As an aside, it looks like you have the same camera tripod as me !?)
If you're in the U.K. I managed to pick up a set of three PH 00, PH0 and PH1 screwdrivers with long shafts and decent grips from a local pound store (the U.S. equivalent would be a 99 cent store) and they work great, I also got a "modular" (I know you like things modular :) !) precision screwdriver with interchangeable tips from the same store with 6 tips that all slot inside the handle Philips or Posidrive (PH00, PH0, PH1) and 3 slotted tips (0.5mm, 1.5mm, 2mm) and an LED illuminated tip that you switch on/off like using a retractable pencil.
For what it is, it's pretty bright and can help you see down the screw ports or inside a blaster like a pen-light.
You're absolutely spot on about loosening and tightening the screws properly by hand, my cordless drill/driver has a torque adjustable chuck, but I still won't use it, I sometimes (if there's a lot of screws to be done) use a cordless driver, but most of the time the shaft on the bits it too short anyway.
Yeah, and torx or stardrive bits can help remove a shredded screw head, but you just have to throw it away. Luckily I keep any screws I don't need from modding as they are never ther when you need them, and everywhere when you don't!
Great vid though Chaylo, thanks for the tips!
I've never come close to success using the rubber method. Pressing down harder with the screwdriver usually works for me. I had a stripped screw in a Longshot stock that got stuck after being partially unscrewed. I managed to slightly pull the shell halves apart (the other screws were out) and get some wire cutters in there to cut the screw in half. A tight grip with some pliers got the rest of the shaft out. Unfortunately, I do have some ugly marks on a couple of blasters from when I went to the drill too soon.
I like how you said the nuclear option, I was taking a titan apart to put the tank in a long strike and some of the screws stripped out,long story short when I went to drill them out I had the drill going the wrong way and they tunneled into the Titan
oooooof that sucks
Thx for help now i can strat painting and modding my nerf surgefire
I would love to see you review the katana magazine with the Caliburn. I hear that it was recently updated to fit them.
I had to remove two stripped screws that were just completely stripped out, and nothing worked at all. Rubber bands, super glue, and flat headed screw drivers all failed to get those screws out. My drill also wasn't powerful enough to drill through the heads. So I ended up using my rotary tool to grind out the area around the screwpost on the shell, then I glued the hole closed again. The thing was eventually painted so it's not bad at all. Just another option if all else fails, but please don't do this one first lol
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I asked for this on the third or fourth mod tips video, and since you had replied, I have been waiting! I have a stampede with a badly stripped screw and I got a dremil, and I have access to a 3d printer, and I have wanted to mod the crap out of it for SO LONG! also, I got I rapidstrike, but i couldn't open it because the front sight screw is really stripped, but I did do a mod to make the stock actually adjustable (4 settings), which I can tell you about if you're interested.
+Jason isbored I am!
well, how the stock locks is that it has a little tab that pushes in when you pull on the button to adjust the stock. you can slide the entire mechanism and stock out of the rapidstrike easily, and then you just make more holes in the white plastic piece that the tab sticks into (a long flat rectangle). Make sure they are wide enough, but also, if they are not long enough, the shape of the tab will allow it to slip back out. For mine, I reinforced the area around the new holes (I made 2 more specified for me) with epoxy putty, and spent quite a while sanding and filing to get the piece with the holes to fit back in its spot and to make the hole fit again, so I recommend using different methods to brace it if you find it necessary. I just didn't want to risk breaking it because it is the sort of soft white plastic. I discovered this because, like my first comment said, the front sight screw was (is right now still, but not for long) stripped out, so I could only access the back, and barely; the ease of pulling the entire mechanism out was a life-saver.
P.S.
Sorry for rambling, hope this makes sense for someone who has never done this mod. if it doesn't make sense, I will try and clarify, just ask.
The stampedes seem to have this problem as mine did too
Hey X, thanks for this guide! I know it's a year late but a couple more suggestions to avoid stripping screws or posts:
1: When inserting screws, turn them backwards until they 'click' into the old threading, this will help avoid crossthreading or cutting multiple threads
2: Throw away *ALL* your philips screwdrivers. Philips is a *GARBAGE* standard with triangular teeth that are *designed* to cam out to prevent over-torquing. It's only one step up from single-use torque-to-yield screws. JIS screwdrivers are orthognally toothed +headed screwdrivers that are compatible with philips screws and are designed to grip the screw instead of sliding off. Bonus is that then you have screwdrivers that will work on japanese screws whereas philips drivers will actively destroy them.
Besides, the first time you crack that screw loose... _so satisfying_
My good captain,
The stripped screw I am dealing with is a triangle screw. Of course, I have a triwing screwdriver.
This pesky screw is point zero (same as screwdriver), and is sitting rather comfortably in my Nintendo product.
Any tips???
-Willow
+Willow Samp same advice really. It should not matter what the screw head was before it was stripped. Once stripped they are pretty much the same.
Great tutorial, very informative, thanks.
I've been waiting for this video, I haven't tried the methods yet
You saved me, thought I was screwed 😉 👍🏼
maybe it's a bit too in-depth for a monday mod tips episode, but could you do a turtorial on how to adapt water blasters/super soakers to fire darts?
Yeah, that is not really a Mod Tip so much as a complete tutorial. I have never actually tried that but if I ever do try that I will certainly make video on it.
If you can find a hydro cannon they are incredible
searched "nerf super soaker mod" and found End3rW1z squall surge and BloNo Nerf Max D 2000. 1. cut funnel, 2. glue barrel or coupler, 3. cut shell to fit new barrel. I did not find a step for removing the water tank, but the squall surge had its overpressure valve hot-glued shut.
KenkageJack DO NOT DO THE SQUALL SURGE! it's not gud.
Great vid for people New to tools and their uses. TkEZ»UK
You can also take all of the screws out but the stripped one, and pull near by to break the screw post of
My favorite one is using a special bit that looks like a phillips head bit, but it only has 3 blades instead of the cross. This always works for me, unless the hole is too deep.
Hey if the new mediator has a shot gun attachment you should connect that to the priming handle so its a pump grip
Thank you so much unfortunately my under standing on the gun I stripped is minimal
this just saved me thanks cap
some time ago i remember seeing infomercials for some type of tool (i think it was some special drill bit) that was specifically designed for getting striped screws out. though i dont recall the name and i dont know if it would work on screws as small as these.
its called a grabit right?
The worst was a stampede with a stuck buzz bee mag the screwports are weird same with the screw size
I had a problem where a screw in my Nemesis was stripped when I got it. I realized it when taking it apart for the first time. It made it even worse when it was the one in the middle, the deepest one and the longest screw. None of my screwdrivers were not long enough to reach the screw, so I ended up having to break the screw after getting enough space between the shells.
Any recommended replacement screws for those kind of holes which are very deep? Will the Maverick ones do just fine?
I have had a scenario where there is a teeny tiny screw on the cycloneshock slide and I couldn't even drill it out. I was so pissed I just decided to rip the slide off. The slide still worked and the tiny screw was never seen again so now I have a beast cycloneshock shotgun
Were would I buy replacement Stryfe screws
Foamblastshop.com
Captain Xavier thank you captain and happy turkey day
I have a mediator with stripped screw. I have tried alot of different options. The screw won't come out either way. I've tried rubber bands, star tips, five point tips, 3 point tips, square tips, flat heads, Philip heads, and smaller allen wrenches. Any ideas that could help would be appreciated greatly
Either get a screw extractor bit or just drill the head off.
Game Face Trion shipped with a stripped screw. T9 got it out.
Just trying to mod a longshot 2.0 and some screws seem to be blue and will not buge.?? Perfect tutorial .
Will this help me a striped screw on my long shot
Another way to get a ultra stripped screw is to get an old small allen wrench and some jb weld. Let it stick and cure and then just unscrew the whole assembly.
What would be a good replacement screw for a magstrike?
Mod tip on threaded screw post
Because I’ve done this to my strongarm now it priming slide won’t stay closed.
Drill out the thread completely, fill it with epoxy, drill a new smaller hole.
Thank you! I have this problem with the top of my stryfe.
What about if the screw post is stripped? The long screw (bottom front) on my recon is stripped, rotates freely but won't catch the threads
+Matt Fraser that will be my mext video. :)
If it's too stripped out for one of that first 3 methods, i just use a grabbit kit so that the screw hole is still in good condition
What brand is the six starred screwdriver?
Thanks Captain Xavier this really helped
Do you recommend using special stripped screw removal tools, that is what I use, idk what t does to the screw
I need to get a set of those...
Captain Xavier so you recommend them, my dad uses those on my builds they work good
Thank you so much bro
Thank bajesus you made this! SO HELPFUL!
What do you do if you opened it only once and the screws got stripped?
I'm not sure I understand the question.
Hey cap you should do a Monday mod tips for stripping out tanks for example a titan
i have tried all options they didn’t work even the drill one, might’ve been the bits i was using what bit do you suggest
A bit just slightly smaller than the screw hole. The goal is the drill off the entire screw head or to strip the post so completely that the shell can just be pulled apart.
Captain Xavier i mean what kind like wood general purpose or masonry
Thank you for the help
there are actually drill bits for removing stripped screws. but i never used one, so i don't know how well those work.
I had never even heard of them until I posted this and the comments came flowing. I suspect most early Nerf modders will not have one. I do plan to look into it and add it to the advanced tool video eventually.
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement screw for the battery cover for the modulus ECS-10? I have stripped the screw that holds the cover to the blaster body, without this screw the cover will not stay on the blaster body, please help.
Out of Darts sells thumb screw replacements for battery doors.
@@CaptainXavier many thanks, and I love your work!
Hopefully something here works, I have an old raider cs-35 and one of the screw whole had a lot of gunk, after cleaning said gunk it was stripped, either I tried when I was younger, or the screw busted apart from corrosion
I mailed your patch out today.
Hope you like it 👍
:D I have no doubt that I will!
Sorry about before.
Sometimes I just watch the video and forget to read the comments
No worries. No one does. I'm just trying to spread the word. :)
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Doh! I nuked 3 screw posts on a longshot just last week.
I made the mistake of starting out with the electric screwdriver. After that, the reverse threaded screw puller bit wouldn't catch so I just drilled the heads off.
Just curious, where do you collect your heavier assortment of catch springs? Do you buy some like k26 or do they all come from other blasters
+matthew mooney Watch my "Culling of the scrap" video. I cover that in detail.
One time I was trying to take apart a broken rapidstrike and a stripped screw was present. There was no way around it so I just sawed it in half
My screw is stripped bad. I don't know what to do. Any ideas? Tried all 3.
Drill
CAPTAIN X are you in any any chance a member of walcom's discord? Since last weekend i asked exactly this.
ITS THE DISLIKEBOMBER FISHING FOR INFO!!!! :-P
Slime Bucket fishing for info?? I asked how to remove ruined screws from my doublestrike
i was joking...
Slime Bucket good good goood my cover remains safe muhahaha
:-P hehehe .. but seriously, I do hope that dislikebomber gets his karma. Like why doesn't he target a youtube channel that is offensive, or deserves it?
Umm, my demolisher's battery compartment's screw's so rounded I can't even get it out with the flat head screwdriver (I don't have a star head screwdriver and I pressed on the screwdriver so hard my palm had a bruise on it for two and a half weeks)
Well that sounds unpleasant
OMG this video saved my nerf gun
I’m still having a problem on my Buzz Lightyear (1996) figure on his backpack for removing the batteries.
Welp, this would have been helpful to know 24 hours ago. I simply removed all other screws and pried it open so that the screw post broke. Hopefully I'll be able to glue it somehow. If not, I'll just have to live with a wobly and creaking Rapidstrike stock
Also the rival blasters need longer screwdriver
Do mon mod tip on k26 springs I know you already did one ON the k26 but what I mean is how to properly install it without making your blaster explode
I have...several times. Most episode of "Can it Take a K26?" cover this at least a little.
I have realized how dum I am
Can you mod a mega centurion to make it look like a real sniper rifle with good accuracy and range.
You can...but it take a very large amount of work. I do want to eventually.
Have you ever tried screw extractors....you basically drill a hole in the head of the screw and insert a left hand screw extractor and torc the screw out...simple easy.
+James White I have not. Is that something the average nerf has in their tool kit? I did not even k ow they existed until 4 or 5 people before you suggested them. I have been avoiding tips that require specialty tools. I will probably do a tools addendum at some point covering specialty tools and this is on the list. :)
Yea the average nerfer might know about them....However they work great. Might be cool to show how the work so maybe the average modder might pick them up...especially if you buy used guns at good will...I keep finding ones that the screws are horribly malformed.
what size of drill bit?
Depends on the screw.
can you mod the firestrik please
Thank you man it just DID IT!
good video helped alot
You are a GOD thx so much
Unfortunately, I've found a stripped screw that won't even turn for my smallest screwdrivers. Not even the electric ones...
hey my screw is in there but i tried but it wont come out, what will i do?
edit: nvm i drilled
You should make a nerf nitro car attachment for eir
Hey this helps me a lot
Nuclear worked, that stupid long screw on the retaliator was stripped even before I started modding.
you saved my bacon
I guess this rayven is trash now since the screw is stripped when i bought it and i tried drilling, its now at a point where if i drill more i risk breaking the blaster itself and it still wont come out
Keep drilling. The goal is to drill the screw head off entirely. The screw hole will be useless after that but the blaster will open.