JIS Screwdrivers (Phillips Type)

[skookum1]

The only filed screw driver I have that has been filed is a #3 Philips. The smaller sizes are different and filing wouldn't work as well I don't think.

I didn't know Sears had started selling quality tools again.

JIS seems to be standard on Japanese motorcycles. All of them that I work on that are newer than '08 are JIS or seem to be. My 2014 Honda CB500X fasteners seem to be JIS. Soon after buying the motorcycle I bought a new set of JIS drivers just to be sure I wouldn't fudge any screw heads. (I plan to keep this bike for a while.) They fit perfectly and lock in solid. Philips definitely does not fit the fasteners on my bikes very well.


I read that section in the wiki about DIN replacing JIS after '08. I'm skeptical about there being any differences between the two. I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm just skeptical when it comes to the Japanese motorcycles I work on that are newer than '08.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:List_of_screw_drives

You aren't wrong in that JIS fasteners still exist, but JIS as a screwdriver standard is extinct. It has been superceded by DIN 5260 which drives both JIS and standard philips fasteners.

 

[Aqua-Andy]

You aren't wrong in that JIS fasteners still exist, but JIS as a screwdriver standard is extinct. It has been superceded by DIN 5260 which drives both JIS and standard philips fasteners.

DIN 5260 may be the new standard but no screwdrivers I have tried have fit JIS or Phillips screws as well as a Vessel does. This includes even german brands.

 

[Loose Ctrl]

You aren't wrong in that JIS fasteners still exist, but JIS as a screwdriver standard is extinct. It has been superceded by DIN 5260 which drives both JIS and standard philips fasteners.

DIN 5260 may be the new standard but no screwdrivers I have tried have fit JIS or Phillips screws as well as a Vessel does. This includes even german brands.

I so agree with you on the Vessel drivers fitting JIS screws. I have never tried them on Philips screws.

 

[Aqua-Andy]

I so agree with you on the Vessel drivers fitting JIS screws. I have never tried them on Philips screws.

Funny thing is they work better than a Philips screwdriver. I have actually given up using Philips drivers and use Vessel instead.

 

[BK13]

Funny thing is they work better than a Philips screwdriver. I have actually given up using Philips drivers and use Vessel instead.

Good to know, as this thread has convinced me to order some from my next OT paycheck. Jerks. LOL


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[M6erfan]

you need German screwdrivers for euro vehicles and Vessel for asian vehicles...

 

[Danglerb]

Current Vessel are DIN 5260, for the last 10 years, according to Vessel.

 

[BK13]

you need German screwdrivers for euro vehicles and Vessel for asian vehicles...

Dang, if the Swedes only made good drivers... LOL

 

[cheechi]

Aren't Bahco drivers still made in Sweden?

putting the 'other' JIS thread here for reference

 

[BK13]

Aren't Bahco drivers still made in Sweden?

putting the 'other' JIS thread here for reference

I was just being a smarty-pants, but I can see now that it is imperative that I buy the Bahcos for working on the Volvos....


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[cheechi]

I was also being a smartass but I am not being a smartass when I say I hope you enjoy using them.

 

[BK13]

Thanks, man!


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[vpd66]

I bought some Vessel screwdrivers 4 months ago and I'm hooked. I haven't found a screw that they didn't work good in.