Flyinfool Posted May 31, 2011 #1 Posted May 31, 2011 I am working on the steering column of my 96 GMC full size P/U. There are a bunch of screws in the steering column that look like a Torx BIT, but are 5 point instead of 6 point. So I need a nut driver that has 5 internal points. This screw head is about 1/8" OD. I have been looking at tool places and can not find anything like this. I have found the Pentasockets but they are for a screw head with 5 flat sides, This is a star shape more like what a Torx bit looks like.
Galapagos Posted May 31, 2011 #2 Posted May 31, 2011 I am working on the steering column of my 96 GMC full size P/U. There are a bunch of screws in the steering column that look like a Torx BIT, but are 5 point instead of 6 point. So I need a nut driver that has 5 internal points. This screw head is about 1/8" OD. I have been looking at tool places and can not find anything like this. I have found the Pentasockets but they are for a screw head with 5 flat sides, This is a star shape more like what a Torx bit looks like. Not at Sears? Try Snapon if not.
stroker ace Posted May 31, 2011 #3 Posted May 31, 2011 Inverted torx, Northern used to have a cheap set not sure about now days.
bkuhr Posted May 31, 2011 #4 Posted May 31, 2011 [ame=http://www.google.com/search?q=5+point+torx+bit&hl=en&tbs=shop%3A1&aq=f]5 point torx bit - Google Search[/ame] bunch of choices
Black Owl Posted May 31, 2011 #5 Posted May 31, 2011 Try NAPA. Or, if you can wait a bit, shoot me your adress and I'll loan you mine.
ragtop69gs Posted June 1, 2011 #6 Posted June 1, 2011 Do the screws have a small post in the center ? Many column screws do. If so they are security torx screws. I picked up a driver set at Autozone.
BradT Posted June 1, 2011 #7 Posted June 1, 2011 Do the screws have a small post in the center ? . If they do you can take a punch and knock it out, if it is in the way. Brad
Flyinfool Posted June 1, 2011 Author #8 Posted June 1, 2011 I tried everywhere around town. No one ever saw anything like it. Soooooo....... I used plan 2, get a bigger hammer. I went to harbor freight and got a set of external Torx sockets, used a E4 socket and hammered it onto the screw and out it came. Repeat 4 more times. Replaced them with hex socket head cap screws. That part is all better now, and if I ever have to take it apart again, my trusty 3mm Allen wrench is now the correct tool.
Mel Posted June 1, 2011 #9 Posted June 1, 2011 I tried everywhere around town. No one ever saw anything like it. Soooooo....... I used plan 2, get a bigger hammer. I went to harbor freight and got a set of external Torx sockets, used a E4 socket and hammered it onto the screw and out it came. Repeat 4 more times. Replaced them with hex socket head cap screws. That part is all better now, and if I ever have to take it apart again, my trusty 3mm Allen wrench is now the correct tool. Uhh-h-h-h, how's that old saying go? Oh yeh, "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer!".
CaptainJoe Posted June 1, 2011 #10 Posted June 1, 2011 I had a simular problem with the screws that held the aluminum skin on my motorcycle trailer. Finally called a guy that builds trailers... He laughed and said it used a square head? and that I was not the first to ask... Go figure...
Flyinfool Posted June 1, 2011 Author #11 Posted June 1, 2011 Uhh-h-h-h, how's that old saying go? Oh yeh, "If it don't fit, use a bigger hammer!". Yup, my favorite tool... That is why I said I used plan 2, get a bigger hammer. So does my skill with a hammer mean I am now fully qualified to work on anyone's bike?????
ragtop69gs Posted June 2, 2011 #12 Posted June 2, 2011 I had a simular problem with the screws that held the aluminum skin on my motorcycle trailer. Finally called a guy that builds trailers... He laughed and said it used a square head? and that I was not the first to ask... Go figure... The square drive is called a Robertson driver/bit
Ozlander Posted June 2, 2011 #13 Posted June 2, 2011 Did it look like any of these? 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Flyinfool Posted June 2, 2011 Author #14 Posted June 2, 2011 Did it look like any of these? Guy could go broke buying all the screwdrivers. http://www.instructables.com/id/When-a-Phillips-is-not-a-Phillips-Plus-So-Much-Mor/step71/External-Torx-Plusreg-Low-Profile-5-Lobe/ http://cdn.instructables.com/F2O/PAXC/FQCTIVTR/F2OPAXCFQCTIVTR.TINY.jpg http://www.venturerider.org/static/img/featuredr.gif We have a winner. But I already made it happen.
CaptainJoe Posted June 2, 2011 #15 Posted June 2, 2011 Thanks Ozlander... I bookmarked that site for future reference! Now at least I'll know, what I don't have. LOL!
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