Broken screw removal

[d^2b]

If that broke off because it seized, its not coming out.
If it broke because it was overtightened, there might be a chance, but would be best left to someone with experience extracting tiny screws.

I wondered about that also. The plastic cover is fairly delicate (assuming it's the same as the Zoop Novo). I'd imagine overtightening would damage the cover.

 

[lexvil]

Toss it and buy the perdix, consider not spending any money on this as a discount, you will completely forget this computer minutes after you get the new one.

 

[DIVEWATCHDOCTOR]

@Christozs,

We have successfully extracted many broken and stripped screws from dive computers' rear cases. There are several ways to do it and each case varies. The only problem is I see you are located in Denmark and I'm afraid the back and forth shipping to the US wouldn't make it economically feasible.

 

[Ghost95]

Ouch..... Without the exact right tool used exactly right, that would be tough to get out.

Watch maker or machinist is probably best. Good luck.

 

[Cio]

It is pretty unlikely it will come out. Thread-sert will work. Only goes down to 3mm but if that would work, it would be a one and done fix.

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[Bob DBF]

I usually pull broken bolts and screws myself, but faced with this,, I'd talk with a machinist or someone on watch repair and figure if it was more cost effective to send it back to the manufacturer.

 

[dmaziuk]

Add one to the "take it to a professional" choir: it is too small to do without special tools and skills.

 

[runsongas]

super glue a small hex wrench and then try to turn it out

 

[dmaziuk]

... with a good chance of super glue running into the threads, and then nobody will be able to get it out. How small is it, anyway? 1 mm?

 

[Ghost95]

super glue a small hex wrench and then try to turn it out

Be really careful if you try this. It's such a small area the chances of glue flowing into the threads and locking everything together is pretty high.