Stripped grip screw P239

June 26, 2020, 09:19 AM

flhr95

So I had to have some nice hogue stainless grip screws, steel screws in an alluminum frame not such a good idea. I have stripped out the screw hole on the left side, any idea's about how I can fix this and if so do you have a list of parts. Located in The Villages Fl., could someone suggest a good gunsmith.
Thank you in advance.

July 12, 2020, 10:04 PM

KML

Anyone with any idea how to fix this?

July 12, 2020, 10:28 PM

fjgiie

Who has grip screw trouble?

I will need a mailing address. I think flhr95 has been fixed -

July 22, 2020, 01:41 PM

tp1l

We use this for my robotics kids (lots of button head hex screws in high school robotics) with some success: https://www.amazon.com/Damaged...ipped/dp/B07XG6HQT3/

You basically use one end to drill out a clean hole and the other grabs into the metal and starts to work it out.

That said, at least 50% of the time when we get to a stripped screw, they have worked it over so well that we need to take a dremel with a cutoff wheel, slot the head and remove it with a straight screwdriver. This would almost certainly destroy your grip plates though.

July 28, 2020, 09:23 PM

Rob1972

HeliCoil 4mm x 0.7mm kit. You can find them on ebay for~$20. You use the drill to open up the stripped hole, tap it, then thread in the stainless steel inserts with Loctite red. Let it sit overnight. I'd go ahead & do all 4, while you're at it.

Most professional fix.

July 29, 2020, 01:52 AM

kkina

^^There you go.

July 29, 2020, 03:27 PM

stoic-one

quote:
Originally posted by tp1l:
We use this for my robotics kids (lots of button head hex screws in high school robotics) with some success: https://www.amazon.com/Damaged...ipped/dp/B07XG6HQT3/

You basically use one end to drill out a clean hole and the other grabs into the metal and starts to work it out.

That said, at least 50% of the time when we get to a stripped screw, they have worked it over so well that we need to take a dremel with a cutoff wheel, slot the head and remove it with a straight screwdriver. This would almost certainly destroy your grip plates though.

Yeah, I don't think that he has a broken screw, he has "stripped out the screw hole". You don't use a screw extractor for that.

Helicoil, that's the ticket.

July 29, 2020, 04:41 PM

az4783054

I'm curious, I've heard the suggestion about a threaded insert before.

Does anyone make a threaded insert (ie, HELICOIL) that is thin enough for a typical pistol frame which won't interfere with grips or the magazine?

July 29, 2020, 05:13 PM

Rob1972

You'll have to trim pretty much any insert down, depending on the thickness of the frame. Nature of the beast, if you only have 3-5 threads in the frame, that's all you'll be able to tap in.