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10-14-2015, 02:59 PM
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screw size
Working on trailer deficiencies today and tried to fix the side skirts on my unit.
the screws appear to be torx heads , but t15 is too small and t20 is too big. anyone had these off and know what screw type and size it is?
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10-14-2015, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Rickeoni
Working on trailer deficiencies today and tried to fix the side skirts on my unit.
the screws appear to be torx heads , but t15 is too small and t20 is too big. anyone had these off and know what screw type and size it is?
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are they torx or squarehead?
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10-14-2015, 03:12 PM
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Originally Posted by halftimer
are they torx or squarehead?
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Definitely a multipoint head, not a Robertson.
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10-14-2015, 03:20 PM
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Square drive
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10-14-2015, 03:38 PM
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Apologies to halftimes and Thanks to orvpdman, it is a Robertson.
my eyes are getting weak, soon I will be legally blind...
also being Canadian ,I should have recognized it immediately.
Rick
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10-15-2015, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Rickeoni
Apologies to halftimes and Thanks to orvpdman, it is a Robertson.
my eyes are getting weak, soon I will be legally blind...
also being Canadian ,I should have recognized it immediately.
Rick
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Its not your eyes, they look very much like torqx.
I even went as far as to begin to grind down one of my torqx bits, until I buggered it up. Its like it needed to be a bit between 15 and 20 (a 17?)
But I found that the square Robertson bit DID fit and have used it since.
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10-15-2015, 08:49 AM
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Replaced all the old screws even the " buggered" ones..with these.
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10-15-2015, 08:54 AM
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10-15-2015, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Natebert
Its not your eyes, they look very much like torqx.
I even went as far as to begin to grind down one of my torqx bits, until I buggered it up. Its like it needed to be a bit between 15 and 20 (a 17?)
But I found that the square Robertson bit DID fit and have used it since.
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Hunh. Never saw a Robertson like that.
According to Wikipedia it's a "Double-Square"
"2 Robertson squares superimposed at 45° rotation."
You can get special bits for it, but, as you found out, a regular Robertson should also work.
You learn something new everyday ...
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10-15-2015, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by brulaz
Hunh. Never saw a Robertson like that.
According to Wikipedia it's a "Double-Square"
"2 Robertson squares superimposed at 45° rotation."
You can get special bits for it, but, as you found out, a regular Robertson should also work.
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Yes, this is exactly right, a Double-Square (2 Robertsons at 45°).
I didn't even know this existed.
I guess it's kind of like like using a flat-head (straight-slot) screwdriver on a Phillips head screw?
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10-15-2015, 03:42 PM
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It is just the Americans not wanting to use a Canadian invention...
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10-15-2015, 04:12 PM
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What?
Do we need to have the UN create a " Peter Lymburner Robertson" appreciation day, (though his screws are pretty cool) eh?
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10-15-2015, 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Natebert
What?
Do we need to have the UN create a " Peter Lymburner Robertson" appreciation day, (though his screws are pretty cool) eh?
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10-15-2015, 04:50 PM
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I learned a few new things today, this is among them. Thanks, folks.
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