I think they meant small grips on the screw, not the motor. The screw shouldn't be so tight that you can't hold onto the motor by hand as you use the grip to get leverage on the tiny screw.
I have been a millwright for over 40 years and have worked on more equipment in that time than you have probably seen. I have removed thousands of broken and stuck bolts and screws and do so every day. If you read my answer, I didn't say anything about the motor housing. I said I would grip the prop and screw head area of the screw, and turn it out. Will it destroy the prop and screw, yes. That is why I said to install a new prop set and screws. The motor housing I'm sure can easily be held by hand throughout the process. Once a phillips counter-sunk head is stripped, your options are becoming very limited. It just looks like a very simple screw removal to me looking at the picture. If a person doesn't know how to do this or have access to the tools to do so, then by all means take it to someone who does.
Then I appoligize sir for misunderstanding what you meant, I think maybe it was how you said it that confused my understanding of what you said. What you said this time I understand perfectly now. I too have good knowledge and understanding of these type of things and I agree completly with your assessment of what needs to be done. I too agree from looking at the picture that it doesnt look rounded off to where it should be to hard to take off and get out of there. Which makes me feel he might not be very mechanically inclined enough and why I suggested for him to get a better quality mini philips head screwdriver with a little longer fatter handle and also made from harder metals that won't round the edges of the head or cost him more than $10 to make the job for him easier. I myself believe its the screw driver he's using that is probably the one that that came with the props that is rounded and not that screw head. I used that one myself the first time I changed my props and can tell you its not one anyone should use. I also rounded off its head slightly by the time I had got to the last screw head and why I will take the few minutes next time to find my much better, longer, stronger mini screwdriver. Thank you for clearing that up for me and hopefully him as well
Your point is well taken, any I am sorry for my "snappy" answer as well. We all have our "favorite" screwdriver that we go to all the time. After time, the poor thing gets the edges worn off a bit, and really doesn't work as well as it used to. Kinda like me I guess ;-)
Yeah I understand that. I see you have me by a few years and I know how rounded my edges are. Ive been building houses all my life and the laborbthats involved in that will roundanyones edges. And as I said, he's probably using the tiny 2 or 3 inch screw driver that comes with the new OEM propellers that you can only really use your fingertips to do the job. I feel his pain because I used it myself thinking that I'd be ok if I only used it once and then throw it away. I believe that's why they give that one to you with each package becausevits meant to be thrown away which is what should be done with the thing before anyone tries to use it or this is what is likely to happen. When I seen the post I immediately figured I knew what the problem was and thats why I wanted to chime in. And seeing the cross of the screw I knew it would be a shame to try anything other than a better screwdriver. Someone that can't can't look at that cross and see thatsvits not rounded off and not at least think to look at the the drivers head probably shouldn't take any other steps other than what I suggested if he couldn't do it at that point then he shouldn't take any further steps on his own considering the windings of the motor are exposed the way they are
