As nonessential as those stupid screws are....if you should strip them, just drill the heads out.

 

:werd: If you end up stripping the heads of the screws just drill the heads right off, I never reuse those things. It only takes a whole 30 seconds of drilling and the heads are gone.

 

It's called a Phillips head.

 

Maybe you haven't come across ones that have been on there for a while (mine was 7 years). It had a slight rust on there, too. I first used a philips head screwdriver, but they would not budge. I tried to twist, hammer the driver + twist, PB Blaster then hammer + twist, but none worked. $10 impact driver solved that problem.

 

....or a drill and bits you already have

 

I know, but I am a bit OCD and the little bits of screw in the hub would drive me nuts!

 

Haha, I feel your pain :chuckles: OCD > me...just not as bad.

 

i broke my impact driver bits on my car yesterday.

no way in hell NOT using an impact driver (regular screwdriver) would have gotten them out.

i eventualy had to drill the heads out.

once i did that, the rotors were pretty stuck on the hub. it took a good number of whacks with a BFH to knock em loose.

yes, i tried using a bolt in the threaded holes to pop em off, but that didnt work either.

fun times.