How to un-do this screw...

It is turning into a pain. I have tried everything. I drew a description of said culprit and the screw is rubber so it is pretty much impossible to try and un-screw without stripping it out... and it doesn't even seem to move at all when I try that...

Anyone work with this before and know the trick?

The only thing holding it in from what it looks like in your drawing is teh plastic clip. The screw just expands the clip. Just grab a hold of it with a vise and giver her hell.

That is what it seems like it should do, should be easy. But I freakin tried that and it wont budge. Even broke part of the top layer of the item I am taking off trying it that way, it is in there good.

It is in a very awkward spot so maybe I am not getting enough push since I have to gumby my arm in there as it is. Problem is, there is another set of these where the back part isn't visible...?

Try to get a thin flat screwdriver under the lip of the screw so you can pry it out while turning it with another screwdriver.

Use a lighter and try to melt it.

Go with byte's suggestion - shove a small flathead between the head of the screw and the two-black-lines-thing to give it tension, pry it as much as you can - while you doing that, try to unscrew it. The pressure of you prying it out may be enough to catch the threads.

If not, drill it out?

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try the screwdriver method when I get more free time, and if not, can I borrow that Korn?

byte wrote:

Try to get a thin flat screwdriver under the lip of the screw so you can pry it out while turning it with another screwdriver.

Do this and it should work. The radiator cover on my Mustang has the same clips and they are a PITA. I just pulled up on the cover w/ light pressure and unscrewed the screw. You just need to get it so the screw will bite into the clip and unscrew (instead of just spinning).

byte wrote:

Try to get a thin flat screwdriver under the lip of the screw so you can pry it out while turning it with another screwdriver.

That's how I've always done it.

Also if you can get behind it spray it down with WD-40 to get the dirt/grime out of the threads and get a narrow screwdriver behind the clip and push out on the screw part as someone else twists it from the front ...
On REALLY stuborn ones , I've taken a pin punch and hit it with a hammer to knock the screw out from behind

I'd just cut the head off with a dremel and then find something better to replace it with.

I've never had a screw like that that I couldn't get a flat head under and at least yank out with some needle nose if it came to that. Sometimes when I had a lot of them to do, and I knew I would be replacing them anyway, I used only a set of needle nose and just dug in and pulled out.

Then replace it with something better.

Get a trim tool. It worked for me. If not, cut that ***** off.