Off Topic - tools

[jivey61 at bellsouth.net]

 Jim 
Use a pair of vise grips to get the screws loose and throw them away. Save your money get new screws.

Jim Ivey
> 
> From: Jim_Woodward at beaerospace.com
> Date: 2004/07/09 Fri AM 09:02:24 EDT
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: Off Topic - tools
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> After moving to FL and registering my cars, I realized that someone had 
> installed a license plate with what appeared to be allen head bolts.  Upon 
> closer inspection, the actual bolt has a hex-like shape, with a STUD in 
> the center.  Thus, if I were to use an allen wrench, it would have to be 
> hollow to allow to actually work.  I looked up some tools on the McMaster 
> Carr website and a tool on catalog page 2662, called the, 
> "Tamper-Resistent Torx."  Not being familiar with this type of 
> tool/fastener, I was hoping someone could shed some light on the subject 
> before I ordered it (for instance, is there an Allen style tamper 
> resistant fastener, or only the "torx" style head?).
> 
> Thanks,
> Jim W.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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