cheese head tools
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cheese head tools
Can someone tell me all the needed sizes of cheese head drivers for a 86 951.
Also where can I purchase them, most places I looked only had torx.
thanks!
Also where can I purchase them, most places I looked only had torx.
thanks!
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Rip it,
They are listed on the page at clarks-garage. I have a 10, 12, and an 8. I think that is what you need. Chase down a snap-on, matco, etc... truck and buy the whole set off the truck. You will save yourself a bunch of time. Furthermore, everybody else in the world except random people on rennlist and clarks-garage calls those tools triple-squares. I have no idea where the origin of calling it cheesehead comes from, but nobody knows what that is.
Good luck.
They are listed on the page at clarks-garage. I have a 10, 12, and an 8. I think that is what you need. Chase down a snap-on, matco, etc... truck and buy the whole set off the truck. You will save yourself a bunch of time. Furthermore, everybody else in the world except random people on rennlist and clarks-garage calls those tools triple-squares. I have no idea where the origin of calling it cheesehead comes from, but nobody knows what that is.
Good luck.
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If you are in a pinch Pep Boys sells a set pretty cheap.
They have held up pretty well when using them on my Passat. I even used an impact gun on one to get the bolt out that secures the steering wheel to the column on the Passat. I swear there was red loctite on that bolt.
Tom
They have held up pretty well when using them on my Passat. I even used an impact gun on one to get the bolt out that secures the steering wheel to the column on the Passat. I swear there was red loctite on that bolt.
Tom
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I found this 4 piece set at Pep-Boys. and for the price they are perfect.
http://www.alltradetools.com/index.h...product_id/265
This is another source.
http://www.lislecorp.com/tool_detail.cfm?detail=1080
http://www.alltradetools.com/index.h...product_id/265
This is another source.
http://www.lislecorp.com/tool_detail.cfm?detail=1080
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Isn't cheesehead technically allen bolt? I thought the ones we are talking about (the 12 point) are called serrated or triple-square... anyway I think we know what he's talking about.
i'm not positive, but I believe you need, 8mm for the CV joints, 10mm for the bolt that holds on the cam gear to the cam shaft, and 12mm for the bolts to the flywheel. I think that's pretty much all the triple square bolts on the car too.
i'm not positive, but I believe you need, 8mm for the CV joints, 10mm for the bolt that holds on the cam gear to the cam shaft, and 12mm for the bolts to the flywheel. I think that's pretty much all the triple square bolts on the car too.
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Buy a good set (3 sockets) like snap on especially when you are going to keep your car for a while. Find it on ebay fairly cheap and if it saves you from stripping ONE bolt, its worth the money in time and frustration saved. I call them cheeseheads because they are cheesy and suck. Whoever invented them should be shot. I thought allens were bad enough until I worked with CHEESEHEADS especially when they are recessed (can't wrench them out) and placed so you can't get a drill in there.
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Google is so handy.
For people not fascinated with 944/951 Porsches, "cheese head" means a fastener with a cylindrical top. It may be a slotted screw, allen head or whatever. It's definately not a hexagon bolt head.
So it looks like Allen heads _and_ triple squares can both be "cheesehead" or "cheese head" bolts, because the heads are flat cylinders like a round of cheese.
If people look at you funny when asking for a "cheesehead bit" they're rightly confused by the request.
Here's one:
http://myword.info/sendword.php?ch_head_1-a
For people not fascinated with 944/951 Porsches, "cheese head" means a fastener with a cylindrical top. It may be a slotted screw, allen head or whatever. It's definately not a hexagon bolt head.
So it looks like Allen heads _and_ triple squares can both be "cheesehead" or "cheese head" bolts, because the heads are flat cylinders like a round of cheese.
If people look at you funny when asking for a "cheesehead bit" they're rightly confused by the request.
Here's one:
http://myword.info/sendword.php?ch_head_1-a
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I agree...buy a Snap-on..I got lucky with the Autozone. Clean the inside head of the bolt very well and apply nice, even, steady torque. If you do strip it..Curse...and then do a search..as someeone just posted about that last month.
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Winslow, AKA Horsepower Farm posted the proper Mac term about two years ago. do a search for his posts with cheese head or cheesehead and you fill get the "proper" term.
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I have the cheap pepboys set and I have couple single Stahlwilles. Whatever ones you get...
Use 2 hands... One on the lever end and the other on the pivot to keep the tool square in the fastener head.
Use 2 hands... One on the lever end and the other on the pivot to keep the tool square in the fastener head.