omega0684
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 01:48 PM |
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star headed bolts
i came across some 6 point star headed bolts yesterday when taking my mates car apart, like these
where can i get a set of sockets to remove these in future, do they have a specific name, they were a right pain to get out without the proper tools
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blakep82
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 01:50 PM |
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torx bolts, you can get the sockets from halfords 
they're not particularly cheap though if you just want one or two sockets
vauxhall engines seem to be made of them...
[Edited on 20/4/09 by blakep82]
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deezee
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 01:52 PM |
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Also available at machine mart. They look pretty expensive.
Machine Mart Torx Star
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 01:54 PM |
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yeah vauxhall use these throughout the engine, halfords will stock the sockets
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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vinny1275
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 02:11 PM |
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external torx bits - they also do ratchet spanners with these heads at halfrauds (really not cheap tho!) which is really handy when you can't
get a socket ratchet on there (BMW use these all over the place, and you can't get a socket in around the exhaust / Diff if you need to take it
off). They get rusted to sh1t as well if they're under the car and just round off - I replaced them all with normal bolts whenever I came across
them....
Cheers
Vince
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Miks15
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 02:23 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by vinny1275
(BMW use these all over the place, and you can't get a socket in around the exhaust / Diff if you need to take it off). They get rusted to sh1t
as well if they're under the car and just round off - I replaced them all with normal bolts whenever I came across them....
You can bllody well say that again! grinder sure came in handy everynow and again!
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 02:35 PM |
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Hmm about as bad as Allen key bolts on break calipers which usually rust round inside and end up needing ground off
What’s so wrong with a normal hex bolt that they need to replace them with such rubbish designs?
Fame is when your old car is plastered all over the internet
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iank
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 02:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
What’s so wrong with a normal hex bolt that they need to replace them with such rubbish designs?
Main dealers charge by the hour?
Hex bolts turn to blobs of rounded off rust given enough time if under the car - ask any mini owner 
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blakep82
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| posted on 20/4/09 at 03:22 PM |
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yep, no matter what bolts you use, they'll all round off.
i'm actually replacing most of mine with allen bolts, just because they look neater, and are all 12.9 grade
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