Moody Tools 58-0670 6-Piece Slot/Phil/Screw Extractor Combo Reversible Driver Set

I had a 1.0mm Philips screw to remove from a SLR camera lens I got on EBay. The previous owner had tried to take the lens apart to clean out a fair amount of lint on the inside of the lens (enough to affect the picture quality). He completely coned out the head of the screw so that there was nothing left for a Philips screwdriver to grab. He then tried to remove the screw with some needle nose pliers. The screw was completely messed up. I figured there was less than a 50 percent chance that I would ever get that screw out. I put a fair amount of downward pressure on the extractor and it slipped about a ¼ turn. I applied more pressure and slowly turned the screw out. The screw didn't have any Loctite on it. So as soon as it broke it loose, it came right on out. One of the things I never did figure out by reading the product description or looking at the Moody Tools website was what exactly did these extractors look like, and how did they work. Looking at the business end of the extractor, it looks like they machined a "V" notch across it, turned it 90 degrees, and cut another notch across it. So what you have are 4 sharp teeth that can dig into the screw. The steel tips are harden high quality steel, so they should last a long time. The blue handle is aluminum and the black spinner on top is plastic. I probably would have preferred metal spinners, but these plastic ones work really well. The silver shirt pocket clips on the side are just plain annoying. Luckily, they are easy to slide off. Overall, these are high quality, and well made USA tools. I don't think they will save you every time, but they definitely put the odds in your favor. There are some tools you should never skimp on and these are one of them. By saving the lens, they have already paid for themselves. I am now a happy, happy, happy camper.

I saw these on Amazon and have a few small screws with broken off heads. So I decided to give these a try even after seeing a few mixed reviews on them. I went onto Youtube to see if anyone posted a demo and did come across one particular video that recommended these to be used a certain way. The recommendation was to apply the screw on the side instead of right down the middle. I tried that and it did work for me although I had to stop and keep applying it on the side. I have this vintage Leo Quan Badass guitar bridge with a broken screw as seen in the pictures and I finally managed to take it off! Please note that the broken black piece you are seeing in my pic is that off the lock washer from the guitar bridge that needed to be taken off by force in order for the broken screw to come off, it has nothing to do with Moody tool extractor, but I posted it just in case anyone else has guitar bridges with lock washers. Overall, I’m happy with this product.

I own a used Dell E6500. There is one screw in the middle of the bottom panel which must be removed in order to slide the panel off for access to the internals of the computer. The screw, 2.5 x 5 mm , was wallowed out round in the Philips head depression. These tools were too light way for the job. But they are good for their intended purposes as I tried to use the small head flat driver to turn the stuck screw with a pair of pliers. The head of this driver did not bend or break under the torque. Had to finally resort to a long taper pointed diamond burr ( set is available for a reasonable price on Amazon) on a low speed setting on my rotary battery powered tool. I taped up all the vent holes around the screw to keep metal dust and shavings out. Cut a notch on each side of the wallowed out depression in the screw head. Just enough to fit a small flat head screw driver. Success! The flat head screw driver turned the screw and I was able to extract it easily. Much to my surprise, there was a cylinder shaped spring along the entire length of the screw threads on the old screw. For what, I don't know. Ordered a replacement screw on Amazon from a company in England. And I won't be adding that compression spring back to the new screw. And using the low speed setting on the rotary tool, I didn't nick the sides of the lower case screw hole. And even if you do, it can be hidden with a felt tip black marker.

I was SO excited to get these screw extractors. Almost all the product reviews I read on here held these extractors of some sort of "miracle" product that removed the stripped screws every single time. I thought I finally found the perfect solution to removing this annoying stripped screw on my laptop that was stopping me from accessing my HDD bay. Well I thought wrong. My first issue is that there was absolutely NO real instructions with the package or anywhere on the internet about using these right. I googled and googled but I could not find any instructions from the product website or even any discussion forums about how to use these. What the heck is with that!? My second issue is that none of these screws was not only unable to remove the stripped screw from the laptop, but just made the screw head into a deep hole (you can see the picture in product images). Before it still had some semblance of being a Phillips screw head with the lines still showing a little but now it's just a hole. I wouldn't care that the screw head was just a hole IF IT ACTUALLY REMOVED THE SCREW!!!! (Sorry about the caps just a little upset) It didn't grip the screw or anything just made a hole. Now It's even harder to try to remove it. Some reviews said to hit the screw extractor with a little force (like with a hammer) to try to grip the screw. Other reviews said to turn it slowly. None of these methods worked at all. Even though a lot of reviewers said it worked from them it didn't work for me and just made the problem worst so I have to rate it 1-Star.

I asked my auto repair guys, went to the Toyota dealer, some nice guy at Home Depot went into the back and tried for 10 minutes to help me out. No luck anywhere. The problem was a remote entry car key fob where the screw on the back had been stripped so I couldn't open it to replace the battery. Therefore, I couldn't lock or unlock my car. Pretty annoying. The problem most places had was that it was simply too small of a screw. I think it was around 3mm to 4mm and no one had any idea. A replacement key fob was $130 even on eBay so I was willing to give this $22 set a try. I opened up the bag, squinted as I tried to identify the smallest one and went to work. It was not easy keeping a firm pressure down and twisting since I had to keep the key fob flat as well. Also, if you believe it, I googled how to use an extractor and got all these bolt extractor vids that were much more complicated. For these, you just put force down and twist left to take out screws. I worked at it for a couple minutes without much luck. I wasn't expecting much anyway considering how no one, not even the dealer was able to help. But then I tried the extractor one size up. It's kind of tough to tell the difference but it's slightly larger. Anyways, the screw was out in 30 seconds. So I suppose this kit is able to get even smaller screws out. I can only imagine it'll be the ones used in glasses or something. So this tool kit saved me a lot of money and as far as I can tell, is pure quality. Like some other reviewer stated, I took off the clip thing. It does get in the way and I don't know when I would ever need to clip these to anything. Careful when taking them off though because they can leave scratches. The tips are reversible so this is a 12 in 1 kit and although I've only needed one so far it's paid for itself a few times over already and since I often work with electronics and computers I'm sure the other tools will come in handy too.

I'm not sure if I wasn't using these properly, but I have a completely stripped T3 screw in a cell phone that I'm repairing and it did nothing but make the hole bigger. It didn't grip the screw in the least, just removed more of the metal and left behind shavings. I'm sure they would work on other screws but I'm having the darnedest time trying to get this one out. I finally just ordered a 1mm left-handed drill bit. I'm banking on that to work, otherwise I'm out of luck with this repair...and it's a Droid Razr, so that's a lot of money down the tube. On the positive side, the tools themselves are good quality. They're made of sturdy materials and the bits themselves didn't round out. I did have the smallest one break on me though trying to push so hard on the screw to dig down into it, but it's only 1.1mm thick so I should have expected that to happen. The other bits (i.e. the Phillips and flat head) are great. Small enough for a plethora of applications. I do a lot of electronic repairs on laptops and these will work perfectly. I'm sure I'll find reason enough in the future to use the extractors, and I'm sure they'll work just fine on larger screws.

I've seen this set recommended in a few places for removing stripped screws in 3DS consoles. I resisted buying them for a long time because I was doing all right with "dirtier" methods of removing stripped screws such as using a small flat-headed screwdriver, using a rubber band to help the proper screwdriver bite at whatever remains of the head of the screw, and yes, once when I was desperate I even super-glued a screwdriver to the stripped screw and turned slowly to remove it. But now that I have this set I am really kicking myself for all those wasted hours over the years struggling with my old, far less efficient methods of removing stripped screws. While it's true there are no instructions included, it didn't take me too long to figure out how to use these. I've only used these so far on 3DS consoles, but I will go to them immediately the next time I have any small stripped screw. I've actually been using a hammer to gently drive the extractor into the stripped screw. It's a bit nerve-racking using a hammer on small electronics, but you don't need to strike it too hard. I found it too difficult to get the extractor to grab the screw using my bare hands, so that's why I've been using the hammer. I also find that sometimes when the extractor just doesn't seem to be grabbing at anything, drilling at the head of the screw a bit first using a very tiny drill bit can help, especially on badly rusted screws. The other thing that others have mentioned that I wholeheartedly agree with is that the Phillips screwdriver included in this set is some kind of miracle screwdriver. I effortlessly remove size 00 Phillips screws using this thing that none of the dozen or so cheap Chinese-made size 00 screwdrivers I have can remove without some serious struggle. You won't be able to help but smile and laugh at how easy it is to remove even very tight screws using this thing. Finally, these are very easy to grip, even for someone who tends to have pretty sweaty palms like me. I ordinarily used to grab a tissue or something and wrap it around my screwdriver in order to prevent my fingers from slipping and to get a better grip, but I don't need to do that with these.

A few M2 laptop screws were damaged by incorrect screwdriver (perhaps JIS would have worked as opposed to Phillips), so I tried to remove one with this kit. First I tried the bits from small to smallest with no effect as the biggest one wouldn't even fit (or so I thought). Then, I revisited the biggest extractor and managed to engage with carefully focused pressure-and it actually turned the screw! It seems the 'corners' of the cruciform shape were still solid enough to be turned by the crown teeth of the bit. I was almost jumping for joy, but I made it to around 70% progress and... the bit stripped the screw where the corners were. In fact, the screw is now REALLY stripped (never seen a screw with a perfectly round hole in the head before). So here I find myself back on Amazon shopping for precision screw extractor bits and an inexpensive drill. That being said, this set probably is worth trying BEFORE investing in a drill and extractor bits, but you have to follow a few rules. 1. The screw head must have corners that can still engage 2. Use the bit that fits to the corners (still not sure if it's better to start with biggest or smallest first) 3. Keep constant pressure into the screw head and turn very carefully and slowly (otherwise you'll strip it again) 4. If step 3 fails, revisit step 2 with a different bit until you've tried them all Well, time to return to shopping for a drill and extractor bits. I'll probably also invest in that BOLT DROPPER screw replacement kit as it looks pretty nice. UPDATE: I ended up soldering a paper clip to the stripped screw and was able to turn it out using that method! DON'T DRILL! It is too risky for the sensitive computer parts, and there is a great chance the head of the screw will come off leaving the body still screwed in. Also, the BOLT DROPPER screwdriver is shaped differently at the head than a typical Phillips driver (an actual JIS driver?!).