Stripped a T30 bed screw, any advice on which screw extractor & bit size to use?

I have to agree for a different reason. I work in the building trades industry and you always get that moron that will put one in a door hinge usually a #10 in a tapered hole that's designed to accept a#8 and then can't figure out why the door hinge binds. But back to the problem I think the extractors might be a better route, not much of slot guy I get it to work about 50/50.

 

M6x1.0 I think bolt will do, hex head

 

I ordered some online from a Toyota parts distributor. Could only buy six, but screw it who cares.

 

As others have recommended. Angle grinder mid way through the screw head. Get yourself a larger/wider flat head that covers most the width of the screw head. I tried with a normal sized flat head screw driver and it seemed to slip and chip away at the cut so a larger/wider flat head screw driver worked to get it out.

That seemed to work for me. I had to buy everything at harbor freight.

 

PB Blaster is a total waste of time. When something is rust welded, no liquid will get through.

 

This looks pretty neat, this could replace my set of the traditional extractors

 

Worst case if you can't slot and turn them is to drill them out. I had that happen with a license plate bolt. Drilled it out then tapped the hole. The good thing is that the bolts drill very easy.

 

Did anyone suggest dynamite?

 

If you want to get somebody's attention, it's a lot easier to put a @ in front of their username like this:
@Fletcher37

Or you could just quote their post, either way should send them an alert.

 

this is absolutely amazing to me. in 1 picture you've done more with a single extractor than i've ever done with dozens of them!

 

@Yota_MGM I used a small drill bit to take off the bolt’s head. Then I removed the other bolts holding the rail in. Removed the rail and then connected my bolt extractor to the nub of bolt sticking out.
I didn’t use a Grabit. I used something liked the Ares bolt removed shown in the “products discussed” box below.

 

Yes, an angle grinder is the tool. I can tell you have not had to deal with many stuck fasteners. Impact<cut slot and use flat head<weld on nut. You should probably listen more, there was correct advice given here.