Oil filter rotor cover screws stripped!!! HELP

[labs4life]

Cracked the case today to replace the clutches in my 200x (85) and 2 of the 3 screws in the rotor cover are ground off where there are no screw driver slots left. I first thought to grind off the head and replace the screws, but I don't want to get all that metal flying around in there.

What do you guys suggest???

[JJMF1979]

use a screw extractor, and good luck

[labs4life]

I got them out. Covered the clutches with a towel and cut a slot in them with a grinder. Then turned them by hitting the screw driver with a hammer from an angle and got them to turn. :mad: