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[Dudermagee]

Nor would it, Japanese people arent stupid... If a philips head screw works, why use some fucking retarded star shaped piece of shit?



Must have all been shitheaps..



Fucking this.

JDM body, with the heart of 'merica

[jacbo]

if you dont need them, why have them?

Wut? Why would you NOT need to own any tool, if given the chance?

I had to go out and get the inverted torx sockets to pull the tranny on the e39, but after using them, I think they are a superior bit. I was working in a very tight area and the sockets seated easily on the bolt heads and stayed much better than I would expect from a typical 6 point.

[Oxer]

Japmurica.... FUCK YEAH

[Jesus Christ]

They use torx because they are harder to strip and arguably give more even torque in areas like bellhousings and cylinder heads.

Stupid smart Germans

[andybob]

Ran into these on the rear of an 05 Jetta:



Its literally called a "triple square bit" (or 12-point I suppose)

Fucking Germans.

[Jesus Christ]

Hahaha yup, fucking vw.

The axles and shit on German cars are inverted torx...WTF

[Dudermagee]

They use torx because they are harder to strip and arguably give more even torque in areas like bellhousings and cylinder heads.

Stupid smart Germans

Jap cars will have a phillips with a 8-10mm bolt.

[Dudermagee]

oh you got that annodized info?
not sure if I want to pay almost 300 bucks for the copper plating :/

[andybob]

Hahaha yup, fucking vw.

The axles and shit on German cars are inverted torx...WTF

Yup.

Not to mention most German axle nuts are 12-point as well.

We don't generally work on many German cars in the shop I work at, but when we do, it always seems like a cluster fuck.

[Jesus Christ]

oh you got that annodized info?
not sure if I want to pay almost 300 bucks for the copper plating :/

My buddy told me he was gonna text me, I'll shoot him a text to remind him.

Anodizing is waaaay cheaper since they dip them all at once

[Kielan]

Jaze, where in VA would we be traveling?

[Dudermagee]

My buddy told me he was gonna text me, I'll shoot him a text to remind him.

Anodizing is waaaay cheaper since they dip them all at once

thats cool, If I'm not on shoot me a PM and I'll give them a call tomorrow
how durable is it though?

[jdel]

Ran into these on the rear of an 05 Jetta:



Its literally called a "triple square bit" (or 12-point I suppose)

Fucking Germans.

One of the bolts that keeps the strut in place uses that.

[andybob]

One of the bolts that keeps the strut in place uses that.

These were on the rear brakes. I can't remember if it held the caliper to the bracket, or the bracket to the knuckle. It was a while ago. I just remember having to try and find one of these bits.

[sacrifice]

thats cool, If I'm not on shoot me a PM and I'll give them a call tomorrow
how durable is it though?

Anno is very durable