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The correct tool
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:30 pm
by grim
Showing my ignorance and inexperience - first job ever on my 25 year old Honda - brake fluid top up - tested 3 crosshead screwdrivers on the screws - all not a snug fit and don't want to end up messing them up - how do you know what cross head to use? When I retighten - how tight? Also can someone give me a guide to getting a basic set of tools. Thanks Grim
Re: The correct tool
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 3:18 am
by Johnj
Well it's funny that you ask. Actually there are crosshead, phillips, and reed & prince screwheads. They have different profiles. Your looking for a #2 phillips
Re: The correct tool
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:30 pm
by ceemes
Johnj wrote:Well it's funny that you ask. Actually there are crosshead, phillips, and reed & prince screwheads. They have different profiles. Your looking for a #2 phillips
Which is a tool designed exclusively for purpose of quickly and efficiently rounding the profile of any screw head it comes near.
Re: The correct tool
Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2011 2:46 pm
by HYPERR
ceemes wrote:Johnj wrote:Well it's funny that you ask. Actually there are crosshead, phillips, and reed & prince screwheads. They have different profiles. Your looking for a #2 phillips
Which is a tool designed exclusively for purpose of quickly and efficiently rounding the profile of any screw head it comes near.
Yet motorcycle manufacturer insists on using them to fasten engine parts with it.
I bought one of these impact screwdrivers years ago and it has been a life saver many times over. Just the other day I had to split the case to put in a new starter in my 900SS and two flat head screws holding the alternator access cover were totally stripped and frozen solid. Overnight soak with WD40 and several whacks from the hammer the next morning and they were loose.
