...to take my steeting wheel apart on my 96 Outback. I stipped the torx/allen wrench screw thinger on the righthand side of my steering wheel. I need to put a new cruise control leaver in. So, to get the screw/bolt out I need a lefthand thread bolt or screw... I need a 1/4, 5/16, and a 3/8 bolt/screw. It can be any length, and can be a hex bolt, phillips screw, etc.

 

I am going to screw the lefthead thread screw in counter-clockwise until it is tight, and then it will force the bolt/screw in my steering wheel out by turning it loose.

 

I checked local hardware stores, Auto Zone, Adv. Auto Parts, Lowes, and Home Depot...some have the nuts for the bolts...but nothing else. If anyone knows where I could get one...a store, or a website, or ANYTHING...i'd really really appreciate it.

 

 

(I tried those things that are supposed to take out stripped screws, the ones that look like weird drill bits... it didn't work)

Can it be drilled out?

That is pretty much what the thing was that gets out stripped screws...a reverse drill bit...i'll look for a bigger reverse drill bit and try that...the problem with the other thing was it was to small.

Known as Screw Extractors or "Easy Outs" there are hardened, tapered, left-hand thread bits with flats on the top so you can put a wrench on them. You drill a hole in the shaft and insert one of these, to back out the shaft.

That won't work. I spent $20 on them and it didn't work...it just slips.

 

I need a lefthand thread screw or bolt.

 

 

Thanks anyways.

http://www.mcmaster.com

 

search for "left hand thread screw" and you'll get some options. I don't think that you are going to find something like that at a local store.

 

Keith