Originally Posted by harley-jones

There was a thread a while back about stripped derby-cover screws.

Someone posted a very believable thread that Harley used Torx-Plus derby-cover screws and that you needed a T-27 Torx-Plus instead of a regular T-27 Torx bit tool to keep from stripping them out.

I have used a regular T-27 in the past and never had a problem but I went ahead and bought a T-27 Torx-Plus socket bit thinking this was the right tool for the job.

Well, bottom line is save your money it does not fit on my 08 SG derby cover or any other Torx screw on my bike. The screws take a regular T-27.

There may be some other bike in the Harley Line up that takes a Torx-Plus tool but it is definitely not my 08 SG

Below is part of the thread that I read before I went and purchased the Torx-Plus bit: I copied and pasted it for you to read...
THIS IS BAD INFO!!
I read this same thread and ordered Torx plus bits the same sizes as come in the HD screwdriver but in Torx plus. Friggin waste of money all these years never needed them they will sit in my tool box.
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Gents, I'll say this again and hope you listen

HARLEY use TORX PLUS fasteners to assemble their bikes.

Torx Plus is DIFFERENT that regular torx. The torx plus driver bits fit very tightly into the torx fastener and are less likely to strip...They fiot so tightly that there is ZERO angle tween bit and fastener.

You have a choice...you either determine which torx plus bits you need and buy only those, or you change out all torx fasteners to stainless steel allen head.

There are only 6-7 different sized torx plus fasteners used on Harleys, plus there are several allen sizes, so common sense dictates you swap to all allen not just to keep your tour pac tool set compact, but also because you will want to go stainless vice the corrosion prone stock fasteners.

Stop complaining about T27 torx bits being hard to find....There are MANY etailers offering T27 drive bits in TORX PLUS for 3-4 bucks.....But please remember to buy only torx plus....torx plus is different!

Originally Posted by Jags93

I almost went out and bought a whole Torx Plus set based on that thread.

Originally Posted by dawg

Geez, you made me use the search feature to go find who posted that. Heck, I could have told you they weren't torx plus. If they were, don't you think that HD would have torx plus bits in their tool kits they sell and provide with the touring bikes?????

Originally Posted by dawg

Geez, you made me use the search feature to go find who posted that. Heck, I could have told you they weren't torx plus. If they were, don't you think that HD would have torx plus bits in their tool kits they sell and provide with the touring bikes?????