Hi folks,

Well the darn yoke screw sheared off when I was re-assembling my 686+ pro series. Let me state here right off the bat that I did not "gorilla" this, in fact, I used a torque screwdriver and was not even up to 10 inch pounds.

I've got the piece in the freezer and have soaked the remaining sheared off screw "shroud" (as in the screw threads shroud around the spring loaded pin that sits in the groove in the yoke arm) in wd-40. I intend to try to use a tiny screwdriver to see if it will gain enough purchase to unscrew the screw shroud left in the threaded frame hole.

The last thing I want to do is bugger up the threads in the frame obviously.

I know the mothership is an option (i hope they send me a new yoke screw for nothing!) but I want to avoid the shipping and waiting.

I will say that S&W using RED loctite on these yoke screws is a mistake. Why not blue? Why cause more stress on what is clearly a weak part?

Thanks a ton in advance for anyone that has gone through this and will share their story.