One of the 4 brass screws that hold my humbucking bobbins tight to the bottom plate broke off in the bobbin. How can I get it out?
Make sure you remove all the bobbin hardware such as studs, screw or various polepieces. The best way I found to get out broken screws in humbucking bobbins was to carefully heat the broken screw from the bottom with a pointed soldering iron (not gun) to soften the plastic around the threads. From the top of the bobbin I insert a paper clip while heating the screw till it s hot enough to be pushed out. If enough of the screw extends from the bobbin try filing it flat and file a small slotted groove into it, then try to unscrew it. You can try to grab the broken screw with needle nose pliers or wire cutters but this can often strip the screw making it harder to remove. I still like the soldering iron trick to loosen screws in the tight holes. You can usually remove the screw with little damage to the bobbin. If the screw is broken off way in side, I insert a small drill bit through the bottom to conduct the heat to the broken screw. If the bobbin has no holes on the top to help push the
