Snap on heavy duty torx

[metaleltr]

I recently bought a snap on gold torx set. I was disappointed to see that the t27 and t30 are 3/8 drive. I work on a lot of toyotas and their door handles require t30 for removal. Ford also uses t30 and one manufacture-can't recall which- uses t27. Using 3/8 drive for these fasteners would have simply been inconvenient. I got to looking at my gear wrench torx and the hex shank is approximately the same size. I pressed the gold bits out of the snap on sockets and pressed them into the gear wrench sockets. I also reinstalled the gear wrench bits into the snap on sockets. These bits dropped in so I used a stripped stranded copper wire to take up the slack.

 

[metaleltr]

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[metaleltr]

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[JJThrasher]

Why not just have your dealer swap them to 1/4" drive for you? Shouldn't be much trouble.

 

[metaleltr]

The gold bits in these sizes are not available in 1/4 drive. Plus I have craptastic service from my dealer- been trying to get a boot for my air ratchet for over a month

 

[K-Dog]

I too work on a lot of Toyota / Lexus. I just use my Snap-On 3/8 in a 1/4 body ratchet.

 

[shockwave]

The bits should be the same size I have broken standard torx and my dealer would swap for gold bits on them

Be careful with the gold bits I gave stripped torx heads more on gold bits than standard due to that they are stronger than the fastener being removed keep this in mind with the gold bits

 

[T45]

out of curiousity, what is the measuement of the hex shank?

 

[metaleltr]

It is a 1/4" hex. The snap on is slightly larger than the gw- hence needing the wire to take up the slack. I didn't pull out the micrometer so I don't have the exact sizing

 

[metaleltr]

I too work on a lot of Toyota / Lexus. I just use my Snap-On 3/8 in a 1/4 body ratchet.

I actually have a Viking 3/8 in 1/4 body air ratchet, visible in one of the above pictures. However I use my 12" long handled snap on extension when tearing these doors apart, it is 1/4 drive so I needed these to be 1/4 drive

 

[Jim Diesel]

I know Bacho (owned by SO) have these in 1/4 drive. Use them all the time and have held up great.