"Larry Smith" wrote in message ...

Couple of a ideas for Phillips...

1) Use a good phillips driver and put a bit of valve
grinding compound on it. Can sometimes walk out a really
stuck screw that way. Throw the screw away then.

2) Don't use Stainless. The strength is much less and they round
out more easily.

3) Use head with deepest possible cross.

4) If they don't look too hot when removed, don't put them
back. Buy cheap ones by the gross on Ebay.

Bill Hale

Doing a little work on old Cessnas for fun these days and have to tell you I
don't like Phillips head screws. The slightest corrosion and they stick
and freeze. Then your Snap-On screwdriver (make sure it fits) wallows the
head out, as you grunt and cuss. Then you have to pull out the old die
grinder and disc a groove in the dam* thing and go pull out your common
screwdriver. Last night taking off a set of wheelpants where corrosion
thrives, I had screw after screw frozen up and had to pull the compressor
out on the ramp several times --- cause it had to go back to the shop for a
recharge.

Time to go to Allen screws. Yes. The entire Phillips head screw
population is held in contempt. They ought to be banned.