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A screw extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized screws. There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after the trademarked name EZ-Out;[clarification needed] the other has a straight flute structure.[1]
Screw extractors are intentionally made of hard, brittle steel, and, if too much torque is applied, can break off inside the screw that is being removed.
- ^ Gilles, Tim (2003), Automotive service: inspection, maintenance, repair (2nd ed.), Cengage Learning, pp. 62–63, ISBN 978-1-4018-1234-8.