Flyinfool Posted May 31, 2011 Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galapagos Posted May 31, 2011 Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stroker ace Posted May 31, 2011 Share #3 Posted May 31, 2011 Inverted torx, Northern used to have a cheap set not sure about now days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkuhr Posted May 31, 2011 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Owl Posted May 31, 2011 Share #5 Posted May 31, 2011 Try NAPA. Or, if you can wait a bit, shoot me your adress and I'll loan you mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted June 1, 2011 Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradT Posted June 1, 2011 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Posted June 1, 2011 Share #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!". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted June 1, 2011 Share #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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flyinfool Posted June 1, 2011 Author Share #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????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragtop69gs Posted June 2, 2011 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozlander Posted June 2, 2011 Share #13 Posted June 2, 2011 Did it look like any of these? 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Flyinfool Posted June 2, 2011 Author Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJoe Posted June 2, 2011 Share #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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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