DOWN WITH TORX BITS!!!
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Topic: DOWN WITH TORX BITS!!!
Posted By: the_blade
Subject: DOWN WITH TORX BITS!!!
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:08pm
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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. well im done ranting
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Posted By: garrett5
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:10pm
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that stinks
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Posted By: pb125
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:12pm
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*nvm, didn't bother to read your post* -me ------------- 
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Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:32pm
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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. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:38pm
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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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Posted By: youm0nt
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:39pm
| 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. |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:43pm
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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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Posted By: the_blade
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:50pm
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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.... ------------- 95 base neon 3.0 cai, knifedged crankshaft 60 mill throttle body,14 crane cam crane springs/retainers eagle rods port matched/ polished intake p&p head shaved .015 phantom grip diff dohc exuast |
Posted By: 3tlob
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 5:52pm
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i don't know to much about them.
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Posted By: Trogdor2
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 6:12pm
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I don't do that stuff.
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Posted By: bluemunky42
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 6:15pm
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bearclaw i just dont get y u capitalize random words? -------------
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Posted By: The Guy
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 6:21pm
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try stripping a Torx bit.
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Posted By: INV8ER
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 6:52pm
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I love square bits and screws !!! ------------- 
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Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 7:53pm
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I started to do it to empisie words at fist. Now i just do i as a habit lol ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: Monk
Date Posted: 10 April 2005 at 8:47pm
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Really, I like metric. MMMMmmmm...set standard.... Hehehe, My '73 beetle is all Phillips or metric bolts. |
Posted By: cripple
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 1:40pm
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if your carefull you can use a allen wrench ------------- 
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Posted By: cripple
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 1:43pm
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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BearClaw wrote:Posted By: AdmiralSenn
Date Posted: 11 April 2005 at 4:43pm
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. ------------- Is God real? You'll find out when you die. 
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Posted By: Unicorn
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 11:43am
| 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. |
Posted By: whoknowswho
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 11:55am
| 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. |
Posted By: Sumo_Monkey22
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 1:04pm
| The_Blade: What kinda car are you putin these in? |
Posted By: BearClaw
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 8:14pm
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As i was saying once ya get one of the bigger ones seized up youl know what i mean. As i Said im a mehcanic i do this for a living I HAVE the bits (Both screw drivers and ratchet sockets). And a well fitted SIX POINT socket on a BOLT is WAY better than a Well fitten Torx bit. ------------- AGD 68 Automag Azodin KPII Sheridan PGP2K Tippmann Crossover XVR Tippmann ProCarbine Tippmann SL68-II Tippmann TiPX |
Posted By: the_blade
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 8:39pm
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Abase model 95 neon Ive been in the prosses of converting it to stick I just need to get a shifter and cables and ill be set So far i've got a brand new sachs cluctch kit, mopar #14 crane cam' titanium springs and retainers' iceman cai' OBX underdrive pulley battery relocated to trunk' larger radiator,and now my seats Really all it needs is a paint job its right now going through what all 1st gen neons do... Its paints peeling off badly...... real badly. ------------- 95 base neon 3.0 cai, knifedged crankshaft 60 mill throttle body,14 crane cam crane springs/retainers eagle rods port matched/ polished intake p&p head shaved .015 phantom grip diff dohc exuast |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 12 April 2005 at 9:08pm
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I use Torx a lot on smaller things. They are prominent in computers and electronics. I sort of like them myself. One thing I run into a lot is Security Torx bits which are like regular torx, only they have a little tab that sticks up in the middle of the star shaped hole, requiring you to get Torx bits with a hole at the tip.
I've used bigger torx bits a little in cars, seat belts, brake calipers, etc, and I have had no problems with them. Although I could see how they could be trouble perhaps in hi-torque fasteners, like diesil motors. |