Help in Removing this screw/bolt

Hi guys,

I am trying to remove this screw. But i have no idea how. Maybe you guys can help out.



Hope i post this in a correct section.

Thanks in advanced for your help!

It is not a screw. It looks like a rivet. If it is you can drill it out.

Yeah, looks like an aluminum pop-rivet. Use a drill bit slightly larger than the hole, and carefully drill down to separate the top head of the rivet from the rest of it. You can then use a small punch to punch out the rest of the rivet.

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How about more of the picture so we can see what it is attached to and whether that opening is round or has serrations for a special tool.

Hi guys,

Thanks for your replies.

I think i have to extract the rivet instead of punching because they are mounted agasint the fixed window frame.

Theres the actual piece which is attached to my window girll that i want to remove:


And how should i drill it? From the side to remove the head?

or Are there other ways to remove it without a drill?

Thanks again for your replies =D

Yup, they're pop-rivets.

Also called "blind" rivets, they're used when you can't get to the back side to buck a conventional rivet. Here's a Web site with lots of info: http://www.emhart.com/products/pop.html

There's a neat video that shows how they're "popped" in place -- click on "How they work". To remove them, you drill out the head and use a punch to drive out the body of the rivet. Like any rivet, the backside is bulged out (that's what holds things together) and it's impossible to pull the rivet out through the front of the work unless you're willing to drill a huge hole.

Once you see how they're placed, the removal process is pretty obvious. If you're careful, you won't enlarge the hole in the workpiece, so you can replace the rivet if you need to re-fasten something in the same place. The downside is that the "dead" body of the rivet falls into whatever space there is behind the work and stays there forever, rattling around.

>>Are there other ways to remove it without a drill?<<

You can use a sharp chisel to remove the head, and then punch out the tail, but it takes a better chiseler than I to not screw up the surface of the workpiece.

Drilling is a snap if you use a sharp drill. The drill should be the same size as the hole in the workpiece, and the punch should be just large enought to fit in the hole in the rivet. Some people like to use a large drill and magically stop just as the drill is about to contact the workpiece. It's easier than it sounds.

Great. I'll check the links out. Thanks for the info!

I don't suppose there is a removable pin in the hinge.

All hinge pins are removable

...some are just harder than others.

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If you use the correct sized bit, the drill will remove the head and the body will fall in, or can be easily pushed through.