Pinion hex screw stripped

[lebowski770]

Hello, any advice on how to take the pinion off where the hex screw is stripped?

[Lowgear]

I've had good luck with valve grinding compound but its not something that everyone has sitting in their garage.

[farmer]

Get a pinion puller pull it off ,or sometimes a lil flat head will do it

[lebowski770]

Thanks guys, got it with some channel locks and a flat head

[wait a minute]

Thanks guys, got it with some channel locks and a flat head

You can do that but you have to be careful you don't damage the armature.

[SluggoV2]

pinion set screw is probably too small, but I used a square drive screwdriver bit and dremeled it down a bit and was able to use it to remove a set screw that holds the hex pin from a 1/8 scale axle...that and I used some Kroil oil...best penetrating oil I've every used.

another thing that I have done is used a donor allen key and applied a very small amount of JB weld to it and was able to unscrew after it dried...but it wasn't a set screw...so I'm not sure if this will work for you or not.