[Shotimes] Name of Bolt head

Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:17:47 -0500

You can get them at Sears, too.  The lifting struts for the rear hatch on my Grand Cherokee use the same bolts.  I thought it was some kind of dealer-only bolt until I stumbled across the socket(s) at Sears.

----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Bruce <rbruce@bellatlantic.net>
Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 6:57 am
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Name of Bolt head

> Check McMasterCarr, page 2610.  http://www.mcmaster.com/
> 
> Bob Bruce
> 92 w/ a mod or two 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-
> admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of James White
> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 12:37 AM
> To: Bill Murray
> Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Name of Bolt head
> 
> This is still a Torx bolt, but you need a female instead of a male 
> driver.
> 
> Usually a regular 6 point hex socket will fit, but Camcar/Textron 
> is famious for having its copywrited/patented stuff a special size 
> os nothing will fit really well without buying one of their 
> special 
> driver/sockets.  .
> 
> Provided this bolt isn't rusted of otherwise frozen in place a 
> regular 
> socket should be able to remove it.  Then go to Lowes or Homly 
> Depot 
> and get a regular hex head bolt to replace the one that you took 
> out.
> 
> regards, Jim White
> 
> 
> At Tuesday, 22 November 2005, "Bill Murray" <fordsho@cloud9grafx.
> com> wrote:
> 
> >I am hoping the list can help me out here.  I have a small bolt 
> that holds
> >the ABS sensor in on my Baer Sport Brakes.  The bolt head is a 
> star 
> shaped
> >head, it looks like the opposite of a torx bolt.  Basically, it 
> is the male
> >version.  The bolt head is the same as the shape of the Torx driver.
> I need
> >to remove the bolt but I don't know the name of the socket that 
> I need to
> >buy.
> >
> >Does anyone know the name of this?
> >
> >Bill
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