I have kinda bad news, bad news, really bad news, good news?

you may be able to cut a grove into teh screw wiht a dremal and then use a flat head

it might be just as easy to drill it out and retap it but justins idea might work to get the screw out.
-Aaron

sorry to hear about your run of luck, I have been there a few times myself. it can only get better.

sears sells a retractor set for stripped phillip screws. they work in reverse like left handed drill bits. They have a lite bevel on the end to make it grab the screw, they work really well. I have used mine many times and had good success. I dont remember how much they cost, I think around 15-20 bucks for the set. the left handed drill bit would work also, as the bit start to drill it heats the metal. apply alittle pressure and 9 times out of 10 it will grab the screw and screw it out.

yeah i have a set of them not my only complaint about them is they dont go small enofe all the time

Great update!

The place on ebay where I got my winch is sending me a new connector box today for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 words....impact driver....................
the screw will come right out.

oh yeah toatly forgot about them deffinatly work wonders but eyt again sometimes not a smalll enofe bit the craftsman screw out things were like 10 bucks wheh i got mine and i paid like a little less then 10 for the impact driver too from harbor freight tho it has held up well even tho it isnt a high quality piece

QUOTE ("Truckman":yx41vum9)

2 words....impact driver....................
the screw will come right out.

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How am I going to get a bit on it? It's rounded out all the way. I really don't understand how it happened because I use the handy dandy honda screw driver that came with the foreman. I used it on the first one and it worked fine. I think I'm going to drill out the head of the screw take the cap off and try to use vice grips on it. Does that sound like it would work?

Just read this thread and that's what I was thinking.....Drill the head off completely so you can remove the cover then use vise grips on the part that's left after drilling.

Thats what I'm going to do after I get a new screw and after sudays ride. I don't want to do something thats going to keep me from going riding.

QUOTE ("plumcuda":3f4ywt44)

Just read this thread and that's what I was thinking.....Drill the head off completely so you can remove the cover then use vise grips on the part that's left after drilling.

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I had to do the same for a buddies Rancher before as well. Put a little anti seize on the new screw, and buy an extra.

What i did when i broke one of those buggers on an old Warrior was find a bit that'd fit in as deep and as snug as possible, get a 1/4" socket on a 1/4"drive ratchet, put it all together on the screw and put a quick-release clamp over the top of the ratchet and the bottom of the reservior. You need to apply enough vertical pressure to prevent the bit from slipping. Which reminds me i need to do that on my friend's '01 Foreman.