Removing Nintendo Screws

[bicostp]

We all loathe them. They are the things that keep us up afraid at night. they are (duh duh dummmmm...) NINTENDO SCREWS!


The Nintendo Tri-Wing Screwdriver The "Reverse Hex" screwdriver

Besides buying the special tools, there are other ways to get these darn things open.

1. Bend a flathead screwdriver to get the tri-wings open

2. cut off the end of a Bic pen, remove the ink, soften the open end of the pen over a flame KIDS: DO NOT DO THIS WITHOUT SUPERVISION and press it onto the screw. After it hardens, carefully turn the screw out, repeat for the next screw.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

DISCLAIMER: I accept no responsibility for damages or injury. I know this is on Doomportables, but there should be another topic about this. I believe it should be a sticky. If this is a rehashed version of an old thread, I didn't do it. (innocent whistling)

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Yay, more broken-image icons.

[G-force]

You can heat the screw up with your soldering iron until it starts to melt the plastic and then pull it out with needle nose pliers. It works great and leaves the screwpost in good working condition.

[bicostp]

Yay, more broken-image icons.

They work for me... I should Photobucket them. I'll do that later. (They're just the screwdriver pics from Doomportables.)

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Interesting, when i type in their URLs they come up fine.

And after they loaded in the browser, they load in the forum fine, thats odd.

[bazz]

probably can't be hot-linked from their website.

[Niku-Sama]

i hate your freaking small text!

where can we get screw drivers like those any way?
all i can find are bits

[nos_slived]

The bits fit in almost any dremel or driver. You can get bit+driver on eBay for $5 or $10 if you search"nintedo screwdiver".

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gannon.tk usually has them for about $10 including shipping

[HK-47]

Interesting, when i type in their URLs they come up fine.

And after they loaded in the browser, they load in the forum fine, thats odd.

Its your computers cache. Also, I did the melted pall point pen case thing for the inverted torq screws and once you get the hang of it, its easy. (I was cleaning th inside of my gamecube as a lot of dust had built up. )

[bazz]

You can heat the screw up with your soldering iron until it starts to melt the plastic and then pull it out with needle nose pliers. It works great and leaves the screwpost in good working condition.

Thanks G, that helped me too. I have the smaller gameboy bits, but not the larger ones. The iron deal works like a charm.

[Alchemist]

You can heat the screw up with your soldering iron until it starts to melt the plastic and then pull it out with needle nose pliers. It works great and leaves the screwpost in good working condition.

What a great idea, cheers.

[G-force]

Thanks The only hard part is not touching the iron to the side of the case. It's a good idea to practice on something before you try doing it.

[bazz]

hehe I've had my n64 untouched for years so bustin the plastic a bit didn't mind me. I might go for a n64 portable, but it will be hard. If only Ben may document his n64 portable. It seems one of the slimmest out there, although the other ones are great. Just the fact that you can play with an n64 in your hands is great. But again the limited battery life always has me feelin down

[madc0w]

i use a glasses srcewdriver and put it in a wing
also, you can use the dremel wheel to cut a round the screw, then pop out the case