Gettin old is a bitch! so I need to take a Harley helmet lock off of my engine guard and the key to remove the screws has disappeared from "the place I put it so I wouldn't forget where I put it". Do I have any other options other than drilling it t out or buying another lock for the key? Am I the only one that ever done this?

 

Drill the heads off the one way screws and just replace them.

 

Harbor Freight has a security bit set that includes a bit for that type of screw. It is pretty cheap, like $4 or $5.

 

...gotta love Harbor Freight

 

Not sure but can you get vise grips on the head of the screw.

jrbean1

 

I took a 3 corner file and filed a straight line across the head. Finllay got it deep enough to use a straight screw driver. 10 minutes top. I then replace them with stainless steel phillips.

 

I took the blade out of my 10" hacksaw frame. Then I put on a heavy pair of gloves and manualy cut a slot in the head of the screws. Took a screwdriver and out it came. Ten minutes or so. Oh Ya, I replaced both screws with regular phillips. Those anti-theft screws are hard to find and you don't really need them anyway.

 

I never had a key. I was able to get mine off with a small pair of channel locks. Took a little doing, but I got it off and the screws weren't marred so I was able to reuse them.

Nate

 

Used a dremmel tool to get the heads off and put new stainless hex head screws in after moving it...

 

Thanks all lot of great ideas here as always .... I'll get'er off, still pissed about my fatal case of CRS though!!