Attach a drill bit such as the Grab-It line of bits made by Alden to an electric or cordless drill. I believe it will eat through some plastics, I use CA on all of my stripped threads in plastic, it holds the screw and can sometimes even stay in the hole leaving threads for the screw to grab on to. 5. I have an ASUS N550JK and I'm trying to open it up because the screen keeps flickering on and off, but it appears that one of the screws is stripped. Fill the hole with wood glue and then pound in your peg. RE: Using super glue instead of loc tite As mentioned, threadlock is great for metal to metal screws and threads. Pictures below show the location. This will require you to re-thread the hole for the new screw diameter. Use care when drilling out and removing the screw. At this point you can drill a new pilot hole for your screws. - Ply wood is tightly clamped to the Gorilla Glue-filled holes and the … gorilla glue has worked on my last 5 mounts w/o issue and is now what i use. Frustrated, I just left and thought about it. the screw should keep itself in just fine with any method but keeping the water out is the battle. If you don’t have a rawl plug handy but happen to have some nylon cable ties, you can use those as well. After the glue has dried, simply screw the plug into the hole. - I have filled the holes with Gorilla Glue and affixed a piece of quarter-inch plywood over the entire damaged area. (1) Find a toothpick, some Super Glue Gel, and a bit of baking soda (I have mine in a prescription bottle.) Simply coat a rawl plug with glue and tap it into the oversized screw hole. Attach a thin cutting disk to your rotary tool. ... has a stripped screw hole where the convertible set works go. Let it dry overnight and then cut off the remainder of the peg flush with the surface. If you were unable to remove the screw with screwdrivers, pliers, a rubber band, or super glue, then a rotary tool should do the trick. I had a thought that super glue might be strong enough to allow me to get the screw out by gluing the bit into the screw head. (2) Squeeze a bit of Super Glue Gel (there are many brands) onto the end of the toothpick. You cannot simply "fix" this without some work. I find that yes quick drying super glue will work but better if you poor it in the hole with hard plastic tap covering the other side and baking soda poured on top and mixed in with a small zip tie. The hole is now too large, for a screw that is now effectively too small. I stripped a screw on my throttle body on my car today during an attempted repair. Dissolve the Super Glue with acetone and set aside the Allen wrench. if screw retention isn't a huge problem you can use any silicone based caulk to keep the water out. Use Nylon Cable Ties. Try as you might, some screws just do not want to come out. Use CA/Super Glue to act as a "resin" in which the screw can be secured. If the screw has stripped out the treads in the hole it will go into, there is little choice. I know this a older thread but wanted to add my experience with a H100i v1 with stripped holes in case anyone was still looking and came across this. Clean out the hole of debris and then carve a tapered peg from another piece of wood that will start into the hole. And so after a bit of experimentation I tried, with some success, the following procedure to repair a stripped screw hole in the case of a banjo clock. You can use a larger screw, thus one with a larger diameter. This one is, of course, not at all ideal and goes against my preference to repair and preserve rather than using low grade repair methods. Place drill bit in the centre of the stripped screw. On the bottom most of the screw holes for the legs legs are stripped out of the partial board. Stripped screws are a nightmare for any repair enthusiast.