Hoping one of you clever people here may have an answer to my terrible predicament. Somehow (I actually don't not how) a M5 x 17 screw has snapped inside my much loved espresso machine (inside the grouphead). I am at a loss as to how to get it out. Hoping that maybe there is an easy idea that my caffeine deprived brain hasn't thought of.
The issue is that it has snapped pretty much level with the plastic it goes into.
I have attempted to use an inch of hacksaw blade to cut a groove into it so as to use a screw driver but, after much frustration, have come to the conclusion that I would need to cut into the plastic to create a big enough groove to get and real purchase.
Likewise, there is not enough sitting proud to get with pliers, etc.
Added complication is that there is not enough room to get a drill between the offending screw and the base of the machine.
Further issue is that it doesn't seem possible to buy a replacement for the piece of plastic it is in.
Is my only remaining option to remove the whole group head (major surgery from what I can see online) and try with a drill?
The issue is that it has snapped pretty much level with the plastic it goes into.
I have attempted to use an inch of hacksaw blade to cut a groove into it so as to use a screw driver but, after much frustration, have come to the conclusion that I would need to cut into the plastic to create a big enough groove to get and real purchase.
Likewise, there is not enough sitting proud to get with pliers, etc.
Added complication is that there is not enough room to get a drill between the offending screw and the base of the machine.
Further issue is that it doesn't seem possible to buy a replacement for the piece of plastic it is in.
Is my only remaining option to remove the whole group head (major surgery from what I can see online) and try with a drill?