*&$(&$^&%*^% Hyfax removal!

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It appears that I will not be able to remove the screw in the rail that keeps the hyfax in place. I stripped the head. I really appreciate the threadlock they applied on the screw :o|

Any advice on how to extract the screw without damaging the rail?

Thanks
 
you can try and weld another bolt to the head and then turn it out. If that doesn't work you can drill into the screw and then use an easy-out and turn it out. If that doesnt work, you can drill the screw all the way out, and then use a nut and bolt method to hold the slides on from now on, like an artic cat sled does.
 
Common problem when using a #2 phillips instead of a #3, or just simply not being careful. If you use a good #3 phillips and make sure it is seated well with moderate pressure, the screws will almost always come right out.

The above mentioned methods work well in the order suggested.
 
since the hyfax is junk anyways, take a burnzamatic propane torch and heat up the area of hyfax till its real soft/gooey then pry it off the screw with a screw driver, you can actually pry the hyfax off the whole side of the rail and then pull it right out the track window.
Now you have the bolt head sticking out of the rail to grab with vise grips and it will come right out, by the way theres locktite on those so if you heat up the rail with your little propane torch its 2 times easier to get out.
 
Take a thin cutoff wheel on a air die grinder and cut a nice groove in the
screw head then get a big flat blade screwdriver and turn it out.

But MV7 has a good idea.
 
Drill it out and use the nut and bolt method, this way you won't have the problem again..I have done this to both of my sleds
 
I guess the story about putting my dad's sled in reverse and seeing the left hyfax sitting in front of the sled should not be told at this time, lol
 
Hey Grape One, I think the reverse story should be told as I don't think I have heard it yet.
 
Putting heat to the screw will loosen the hold on the loctite also. I would drop skid so you don't melt your track though. I say burn them off.
 
Ding,you know where to get on the Magpie right? The road was freshly plowed, and my wife was riding my dad's Rx with a 1-3/4 track. I could smell the hyfax, rode it around for a minute to cool them off, and put it reverse to make it easy for her to get going. Little did I know the hyfax were still hot and the screw that holds them on had snapped off at the rail. I ended up making a tool out of the nearby Adler to get it back on, and did a drill and tap there as well... It gets better. On the way back, I towed a ski-doo all the way down the Magpie in the dark, and fried my sled on the Magpie the next night, but I rode mine back to the motel.
 
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