# Rotor screw removal. **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677 **Category:** Vendor Marketplace **Created:** [May 6, 2012, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677 "2012-05-06T17:28:17Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 18
### Author: ![offroadzj](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/offroadzj/32/6428_2.png) [@offroadzj](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/offroadzj) #### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677/18 "2012-05-08T06:54:06Z")
> [@AZ people enter](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/az-people-enter/49514/2): > > if u do it with heat you heat around the screw not the actual screw. if you head the actaual screw its going to be tighter The problem with this is that by the time you heat around the screw, its such a small area to begin with and the screw is so small that the heat will almost instantly transfer. That is why I said to heat the screw til it was cherry red then give it a few seconds to cool (so you don’t strip the head) The screw itself will soften slightly which will allow you to get it out. If it were a bigger screw (ie lug bolt) then I would agree 100%… heat around it. But those screws are so tiny you would never be able to shock it quick enough to only heat around the screw… especially since I doubt the OP has Oxy/Acetylene torches and would probably just be using a simple propane torch. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677)._