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    Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:08pm

Im feed up with them  they make absolutly no sense in having a screw with a star pattern and not just use a regular bolt. or a flat head or phillips head. It just make no sense at all.

Its just driving me nuts that I cant get my seat belts out of my car because I dont have the right size torx bit. I just got a four point harness and some nice seats out of a porche. so now I dont nead the regular shoulder and lap sustraint system anymore.

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LOL yeah i hate em too. And im a mehcanic and have all the bits

The Dang tenshiners and pullys on the Powerstroke Diesels are held on by em and always seize on there.

One ya strip a torx screw your done.  All ya can do after that is cut it drill it and retread it.

Tomake things worse my dang Volkswagen is Like 90% put togeather with torx Screws ARRGGGG.
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if ur a mechanic bearclaw with all the bits y would it be frustrating? hard to find?

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the TORX® Screwdriver was developed to meet industry's demand for a more reliable fastening system. The TORX® Screw virtually eliminates slipping and screwhead distortion. Commonly used in automotive and assembly applications.
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No there just VERY easy to strip.  And on the Powerstrokes there inset so if you do strip em you cant even get a set of vise grips on em.  Oh and those DANG bits are EXPENSIVE.

Then again i also hate METRIC bolts (And im Canadian LOL) cause well i cant judge the sizes as well as i can with standard bolts.

 
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I know what you mean youm0nt but they seem so pointless. tell me one thing that a torx could hold that bolt couldnt....
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try stripping a Torx bit.
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I love square bits and screws !!!
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Really, I like metric. MMMMmmmm...set standard....

Hehehe, My '73 beetle is all Phillips or metric bolts.

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if your carefull you can use a allen wrench

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Originally posted by BearClaw BearClaw wrote:

No there just VERY easy to strip.  And on the Powerstrokes there inset so if you do strip em you cant even get a set of vise grips on em.  Oh and those DANG bits are EXPENSIVE.

Then again i also hate METRIC bolts (And im Canadian LOL) cause well i cant judge the sizes as well as i can with standard bolts.

 

 

i like SAE a lot better than metric. i had to buy the set of torx bit to work on my car


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Originally posted by cripple cripple wrote:

if your carefull you can use a allen wrench


No.. just.. no..

I have yet to strip a torx bit. Supposedly they're used because it makes manufacturing easy. Funny, I just saw a discussion like this on another of my groups.
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Torx had bolts, at least the small ones are very difficult to strip, which is why they are used.  I've twisted the bit once, but caused no damage to the bolt itself.  That was on a small one that held the handle of a knife on though.  In larger applications, I don't know how much a difference it would make, as long as you used the proper sized, and decent quality (meaning it's actually teh size it claims, and isn't undersized) tool.
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The tool doesn't slip nearly as easily on Torx bolts. I kinda like them, but haven't dealt very much with the large ones yet.
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