tamper proof Torx Plus

[shoturtle]

Just curious what applications have member run into with tamper proof torx plus?

 

[otis66]

I use my MAC tools tamper prof screwdrivers when installing video surveillance systems on coaches and school busses.

 

[shoturtle]

so there are torx plus tamper proof available now. Only seen torx tamper proof screws. very interesting.

 

[Motor-Mechanic]

Torx plus tamperproof are 5 lobe rather than the old style 6 lobe. Only applications i have run into so far are some ECUs and diesel pumps.

 

[hydramatic]

Fuel Injection pumps out the yang yang. bought a set from Mac ..70 bucks free shipping..SO wanted 300..

 

[TOOLFREEQ]

I bought a set to use on a ford contour I previously owned haven't used them since

 

[willyswonka]

I've been seeing them on Bosch mass air flow sensors for MB and BMW. They use them to hold the sensor element in the housing, presumably so you can't just swap out the elements and return the new housing with the old element in it.

 

[honcho]

Once the patents ran out on tamper-proof torx they became easier to tamper with as tools became more readily available.

Textron Camcar came up with Torx plus supposedly for it's higher torque handlng capability along with a tamper proof variety and a few years ago it was a pain to find the tamper proof drivers. I can't even remember what I used them for but I did find a set on the web. One place selling them required all sorts of documentation to buy just the tool. If you bought enough fasteners, they'd sell you all the bits and tools you wanted.

OTC set at Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004CGKQNO/?tag=atomicindus08-20

Here's a Wiha link to Torx Plus security bits

http://www.wihatools.com/700seri/716_IPR_serie.htm

Nosing around the Wiha site I found a link to that page above that had the following information on it "Available for authorized OEM's and their certified service reps. Call Our Customer Service Department At 800-494-6104 for information."

 

[jjjrmx5]

VW and Audi use them.

 

[shoturtle]

I seen the regular torx plus on my wife's vw. But not so much torx plus tamper proof. But I do not go into the ecu or fuel pump. I did find some security xzn.

 

[mr.speaker]

Funny, I saw some tamper proof torx plus at an airport bathroom stall while "relieving" myself and wondered what kind of bolts they were. I know about the old tamper proof torx from working on Fords and forth .

 

[Zephyr]

Isn't torx plus the same as Ribe just under a different name?

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[shoturtle]

No they are not, ribe is allot thinner then the lobes on torx plus.

 

[Dustin Echoes]

Am I the only weirdo that drilled out his torx bits to give them the "tamper proof" capability?

 

[shoturtle]

it is useless to do that for torx plus. the regular ones have 6 lobes, the security has 5 lobes. It would be waste of time.

 

[5mall5nail5]

ABS computers here

I use a cheapy security bit set from harbor freight which is quite diverse in its selection!

 

[Buck_nekid]

I bought the OTC set linked on amazon. I haven't used them yet, along with the OTC Ribe set I ordered at the time. I just hate not having something when the need arises.

 

[BlindViper]

leatherman uses them too

 

[willhollin]

They could have chosen a different name for them!

 

[Xavis00]

I think the one and only time I've ran into a tamper proof torx plus was on a newer mercedez-benz mirror.. Nobody in the shop had any idea what kind of screw it was at first.

 

[Big-Foot]

Am I the only weirdo that drilled out his torx bits to give them the "tamper proof" capability?

Yes... I think you are!!!

I can't see how you would do it without a really good and sharp carbide drill bit. Unless the Torx drivers were some sort of soft metal cheepies...