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Socket size for standard Zetec rod bolts?
DJT - 13/11/14 at 09:59 AM

Morning,

I'm just about to replace my 2.0 blacktop standard rod bolts with ARP rod bolts. I've got a 12 point 3/8" socket to fit the ARP bolts, but I'm not sure what socket is needed to remove the Ford bolts. It's a 6 point, but what is the size?

Thanks in advance,

David.

Paul Turner - 13/11/14 at 03:34 PM

Pretty sure the Ford bolts are Torx like most fasteners on the Zetec. Certainly not an imperial socket.

DJT - 13/11/14 at 04:22 PM

Thanks.

Looks like one of the External Torx sizes (half way down this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx ). Need to measure the point-to-point to be able to calculate the 'E' size.

Paul Turner - 13/11/14 at 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by DJT
Need to measure the point-to-point to be able to calculate the 'E' size.


Why bother. Just by a set, you will use most of them working on a Zetec. Get a set of internal ones as well at the same time.

Got mine from Halfords, good quality, had them 12 years now and yet to break one.

loggyboy - 15/11/14 at 11:47 PM

They are E10