Broken Screw in Wakeboard

[Viper_Freak1]

So I was screwing in a stainless steel screw into my board where you attach the binding, and when I started to unscrew it, it seized up. No matter how much I torqued on it, it just wouldn't back out. I eventually got a wrench onto my screwdriver to get more torque, which then broke off the head of the screw. Now I have a stainless steel screw with no head stuck in my board. I've tried everything from WD-40 to loosen it, with vice grips. I'm to the point now where I'll have to drill out the screw, but I'm worried this will mess up the threads on the board. Even a screw extractor doesn't seem to be working. I could always just use another hole to put the binding on, but then I'll either be stuck with a narrow or wide stance. Does anybody have any other ideas? Or am I stuck with the only option being to drill out a stainless steel screw? Thanks for the help!


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[jshack01]

Maybe try to use a drill press or find someone that has one to drill the screw out. I was thinking you could use a reverse cut drill bit with a drill press in reverse but you'd probably have to go to a machine shop for that.

[jshack01]

Check this guy out. Skip to about 3 minutes into the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdD9sLk8eXg

Clearly you can't heat the thing up but using a centering drill bit followed by a reverse drill bit was very successful in that scenario. Not sure how well it will work for you with a stainless bolt and a nutsert buried in fiberglass.... Best of luck to you.... Maybe someone else has a better idea/process.