volunteers
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instead of using hex bit?
Use torx bit on female hex, is it OK? or 'never do it'?
Use torx bit on female hex, is it OK? or 'never do it'?
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Did anybody use torx bit on hex bolt?
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thightower
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In a pinch, if it fits.
dirtmister16
Banned
ive done it, it works. not right but you do what ya gotta. sometimes i use a larger torx bit and tap it in the allen cuz the allen stripped. but i only use cheap bits for things like that.
Outlawmws
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My son did that two weeks ago not realizing it was torx...
Pro-Painter
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I've used a slotted screwdriver on a torx screw a few times
Done that a time or two with s10 bumper bolts.
MBfreak
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Yes, quite often and fully intentional.
MBs from the eighties have galvanized grade 8 M8 hexhead screws for attaching various external parts to the cylinder heads, which are aluminium. Over time the bolts corrode and get stuck, real hard. So hard that a hex bit just rounds the hex. Hammering in a TORX bit in the rounded off hex hole has saved the situation for me several times .
And even though many of these cars are junkyard bound within a few years, they are rusting really bad,I always clean the thread in the head and put a dab of grease on the new bolt.
Ola
MBs from the eighties have galvanized grade 8 M8 hexhead screws for attaching various external parts to the cylinder heads, which are aluminium. Over time the bolts corrode and get stuck, real hard. So hard that a hex bit just rounds the hex. Hammering in a TORX bit in the rounded off hex hole has saved the situation for me several times .
And even though many of these cars are junkyard bound within a few years, they are rusting really bad,I always clean the thread in the head and put a dab of grease on the new bolt.
Ola
wvrrcarknocker
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I've done it in a pinch, but only with small hex
Holt
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Yep use a t25 security tors screwdriver for a 5/64th security bolt at work. Have the special bit but I wanted a driver with handle and no bit. Wanted wera and they don't make it so t25 it was. Works great and never strips.
richfinn
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I use Torx bits as screw extractors quite regularly (it pisses with rain and they use a lot of salt on the roads in the UK) they work really well on rounded out hex heads if you hammer them in with a soft faced hammer. I use a cheapo Halfords (probably like sears) set that they will warranty without question.
We have a particular problem with spark plugs shearing off in the cast Iron cyl head of some Brit Fords and a Torx bit works great at getting the broken shell of the plug out.
We have a particular problem with spark plugs shearing off in the cast Iron cyl head of some Brit Fords and a Torx bit works great at getting the broken shell of the plug out.
marlinspike
Well-known member
Yes, quite often and fully intentional.
MBs from the eighties have galvanized grade 8 M8 hexhead screws for attaching various external parts to the cylinder heads, which are aluminium. Over time the bolts corrode and get stuck, real hard. So hard that a hex bit just rounds the hex. Hammering in a TORX bit in the rounded off hex hole has saved the situation for me several times .
And even though many of these cars are junkyard bound within a few years, they are rusting really bad,I always clean the thread in the head and put a dab of grease on the new bolt.
Ola
What brand in-hex sockets do you use? I had that same problem with those same bolts, until I switched to Stahlwille, then I never rounded one again.
I did halfway on purpose just the other day. I noticed it was hex, grabbed the wrong set of wrenches (the swiss army type) and just said f-it, it was just a set screw T25/4mm something small like that. Too lazy to walk 4 steps, if it had stripped i would have deserved it.