The big experiment - amateur 3B shenanigans

[baltiboyS2]

is this the set mate?
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...e-bit-holder-s

Thats them you

Raj ABY

[Nj]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

is this the set mate?

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht144-40-pce-torxspline-bit-holder-s

[Nj]

since i'm waiting for the freeze spray to continue underneath I started taking apart the front end.

it sure is scary when you don't really know what you're doing

[Nj]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

aha! now I got ya. i'll go looking tomorrow if I can escape the office at lunchtime.
cheers

[Nj]

That's the kiddy

My old man had one and its a real life saver. *Must invest in one...*

Back on topic. Hats off to you. That is a mamouth task

Good luck.

Cheers,

steve.

well i spent about an hour under the car on sat morning with the impact driver and blow torch and couldn't get the buggr to move. I even put the allen socket on it and battered it into the bolt head, then gave it a good impact drivering. nuffin. I did get all 6 bolts loosened ok at the front though. It's just that one and I really don't want to cut it off and mess about trying to get the remains out later.
If the royal mail would ever deliver the cans of freeze spray i'll be giving that a bash.

cheers for the support by the way. very much needed.

[s2dude]

I bought my set from machine mart.
Was about £30 iirc and had the 10 or 12 pointed star ones as well as the standard ones.
best set ive seen TBO.
Came in a metal tin and defo has one that fits the driveshaft cos I used mine for it...
Just use the socket adapter in the tin and a wrench and your away

[Fat Audi 80]

Tighten up the others widen the slot and use a impact driver like below and it should come out no bother give it a little heat if you want but you should not need it

Raj Aby

That's the kiddy

My old man had one and its a real life saver. *Must invest in one...*

Back on topic. Hats off to you. That is a mamouth task

Good luck.

Cheers,

steve.

[Nj]

i've got a decent set of torx sockets though. have i got the wrong end of the stick? is it a special set of torx because the bolt heads look 10 or 12 pointed or something. more than the standard torx anyway. i just don't want to strip another head if I can avoid it.

[s2dude]

aww man. a whole separate set of sockets, just for the driveshafts? you gotta wonder why an allen head or normal torx head wasn't good enough.
ah nuts.
cheers for the advice mate

The one bonus is that once youve bought the tolls you've got em for life

torx socket are pretty common nowadays so you will need them again for sure

[Nj]

aww man. a whole separate set of sockets, just for the driveshafts? you gotta wonder why an allen head or normal torx head wasn't good enough.
ah nuts.
cheers for the advice mate

[s2dude]

lads, what do I need to get the driveshafts off? the bolts look like 10 pointed torx heads or something
cheers

They are in indeed torx heads mate.
I cant remember the size Im afraid and I dont have a car to check on ATM so you will have to count em

You sadly cant buy them individually (that Ive ever seen) but you need a set that you can fit on to a socket. Halfrauds is probably the 'best' place on a sunday!

[Nj]

lads, what do I need to get the driveshafts off? the bolts look like 10 pointed torx heads or something
cheers

[Nj]

I will get a set if I need it. i'm sure my dad had a set and i grew up wondering what the hell it was. It would be a fine addition to my expanding tool kit

[baltiboyS2]

I've have one of these screw extractors snap inside the drilled bolt. It made a difficult job all the harder as that they make mincemeat out of HSS and even cobalt drills. Maybe I was just unlucky. Maybe not.

no you were not unlucky i had a set of facom ones and they snapped as well the larger ones are fine but the smaller ones just snap and as you said good luck trying to drill them out its just not going to happen

Raj ABY

[tgriff]

probably worth buying a good quality set ,they do look far too cheap.just the first example i found on tinternet