Jon,
On my Homesteader trailer I take to Maxton uses the same screws...I use
the 1/8 inch square drive bit that came with my electric drill..they
come right out...hope this helps.
joe
Jon Wennerberg wrote:
> The fasteners holding the aluminum skin on my new (to us) race trailer
> are kind of shabby looking, so I want to replace 'em. They're an
> 8-point socket head, and look like a Torx. But they're not 6-point
> like a Torx, and my S2 square tools are a tad too small to work, even
> though the S2 worked on the old trailer (these just spin and eat up
> what's left of the rusty head).
>
> Anybody know if this is a special OEM-only fastener that I can't get a
> tool for to remove? Or if there's a tool -- what is it so I can get
> one for the toolbox. I'll yank 'em out and replace with stainless
> Phillips-head screws -- if I can remove those old ones.
>
> Jon Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> Marquette, Michigan
> (that's 'way up north)
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