# 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:** 20
### Author: ![daknut93](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/daknut93/32/6743_2.png) [@daknut93](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/daknut93) #### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 9:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677/20 "2012-05-08T09:14:00Z")
> [@FS: 6 or 7 dunnville track days....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-6-or-7-dunnville-track-days/49415/25): > > 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. correct me if im wrong but in sure when u heat somthing it can also harden. and if you get a tiny screw to hot you may just break it off. if you heat around it and your quick u can get it before the heat transfers. ive heated 1/4 bolts with no problems --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotor-screw-removal/263677)._