TORX bits required?
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From: Sterling V.A
what he said
My .02:
You get what you pay for, dont buy cheap tools unless you enjoy screwing up fasteners. Craftsman (Manuf. in USA, not China)) is about the lowest quality I would even consider buying. If you buy cheap tools do yourself a favor and be sure and buy a good set of drill bits and easyouts
You get what you pay for, dont buy cheap tools unless you enjoy screwing up fasteners. Craftsman (Manuf. in USA, not China)) is about the lowest quality I would even consider buying. If you buy cheap tools do yourself a favor and be sure and buy a good set of drill bits and easyouts
Buy a decent set because at some point , maybe half way through the job at hand,you will need a size you didn't think you needed.
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From: Out on Deranged
that's what I said too!
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From: bfe
I love this kind of attitude , if the guy is asking what sizes to buy my guess is he is not rebuilding motors and a cheap set would work fine . as I said their are bad points to snap on and craftman and yes good points to . to the person that talked about drill bits and easy out , on a stripped torx first thing to try is tap head with small ballpeen to move metal back in torx hole then tap bit in to hole but if you used right size and tapped bit in first place to loosen corrosion you would not have stripped it , if that does not work I tack weld cheap bit and back it out . the heat from weld will loosen corrosion from dissimilar metal
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From: Meridian, Idaho
I converted all my torx to allens! Simplified my tool kit!
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From: Western Australia
This. lf you stay with torx, l have 25, 27, 30, 40, 45 and 50 and have'nt come across anything l need other sizes for yet....
Last edited by petefwa; Apr 21, 2014 at 04:59 AM. Reason: bad punctuation
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From: Snow Hill, NC
You can get decent quality Torx bits in the sizes you want at Advance Auto. I bought them there and i also have a set from Lowes. They last good. No need in spending tons of money for them... just make sure first you use the right size and seat them properly in the fastener...If you do this they will last... As long as allen heads.
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Buy the cheap ones if your putting enough force on to strip or break the bits then you need to use a torque wrench because your going way to hard. I picked up a set of $9 torx sockets from harbor freight because my craftsmans were worn out and I was missing a few. They are fine they fit tight. For $9 they give you a lot of sizes
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From: Passaic County, NJ
Lowe's has a nice little set. Includes all necessary sizes.
http://www.lowes.com/pd_338624-22328...ductId=3387792
I'd also pick up a matching allen set as well.
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...llow&cId=PDIO1
http://www.lowes.com/pd_338624-22328...ductId=3387792
I'd also pick up a matching allen set as well.
http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay?...llow&cId=PDIO1
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From: Western Australia
Torx bolts are an evil plot, they're the easiest ones to stuff up for people doing their own service work. l'm sure dealers think people will stuff up a few times, throw their hands in the and decide it's to difficult and let them do it. lt's a good way for the service dept to make money, simple jobs charged out at full retail rates...