- #Honda license plate screws are stuck how to#
- #Honda license plate screws are stuck install#
- #Honda license plate screws are stuck license#
#Honda license plate screws are stuck license#
I suppose I could just not worry about it, although having the plate rattle when the tailgate is shut is annoying. M6 Nylon License Plate Screws - Compatible With Many Imports (Toyota, Lexus, Honda, KIA, etc) - Metric 20mm Long (3/4) Black Plastic Bolts - No More Stuck. Now what? Keep dousing with Blaster, heat the tip with the propane torch? Drill them out? Thankfully they are these small blocks welded to the body so they stick out from the tailgate a bit, which would make it considerably easier to heat the remaining screws with the torch. So, I got the plate reattached with the upper ones (used anti-seize this time), but the nubs of the lower ones are still sticking out.
#Honda license plate screws are stuck install#
Finally broke the plastic frame out from underneath them and tried the Vice Grips. If You install a license plate bracket You may need to get longer screws to fit the additional thickness of the bracket. Even tried tapping them out with the impact driver, no go. Doused with PB Blaster, waited and waited, and couldn't budge them with a screwdriver. The two top screws came out without too much fuss, the bottom ones steadfastly refused. Today I had to put new stickers on, which means taking the plate off and out of the plastic frame. Bought the Pilot in March, dealer swapped plates and put some awful phillips screws on the rear plate in all 4 locations, apparently made out of something guaranteed to corrode quickly. I went with an allen key head as I heard some people like to steal plates, so this will hopefully deter. You can also use a shorter bolt such as the 20mm length. Is there a way to remove the exterior license plate panel? It seems to be its own plastic panel.Well, that's a revolting development. It's a 6mm thread which I got at Lowe's in the hardware section, search the drawers under the metric bolts. Is there some way to remove the rear interior door panel to access the back of the screw? I have started the process and now have a hole in the screw.įor drilling this out, do I just continue with larger bits until I remove all of the old screw material? I didin't work, and just left a hole in the screw head.ĭrilling - I've never drilled a screw out before. Grabbit bit - this was a reverse threaded screw removal tool. Vice Grip pliers - the head of the screw is really flat and there is just not enough sticking up to grab. I went to the local honda dealership and asked. Hack saw blade to cut a better slot in the top of the screw. Ok if anyone ever needs this information, they are 6mm screws and the hex socket size is 10mm to screw them on. Position the screwdriver facing down if the plate position allows it. WD-40 - hard to get into the screw because the license plate is in the way. Wedge a flat-head screwdriver between the bolt head and the license plate. If the extractor doesnt work, using a drill to remove it is very easy. I managed to get one screw out, but the other would not budge. You have two choices: either use an extractor as people have mentioned, or drill it out. Here are an assortment of security screw vendors, however they want minimum order quantities of a hundred. I can ship you two stainless steel Allen head screws until you locate the security screws. I decided I would change them to stainless (I'm due for new tags in February). They are 6mm x 1.0 pitch 90 flat head screws about 5/8 of an inch long.
#Honda license plate screws are stuck how to#
This got me to thinking about the rusted screws on the back of my 2008 Rav4. Also, does anyone know how to remove the body panel (lower half of the trunk lid) to get to the nut that holds the license plate. His new license plate is currently held on by 1 screw. The screws were rusted and we snapped off 3 of the 4 screws. Last week I was helping a friend remove the license plate screws from his car.