Jakerx

ok guys...i'm trying to remove the flywheel bolts...but they're 12 pt star heads...i need 12 pt star bits to get them off...anyone know where i can find them? i've tried just about every tool store around here and no luck...time's ticking on this rebuild and i need the bits fast

MichelleJD

I actually got mine at AutoZone. They had a three pack with different sizes. They may not know what they are. You might just have to go look.

Jakerx

hey michelle...i tried autozone, pep boys, o'reilly's, napa, northern tool supply...still no luck...maybe snap-on might have it? i went to their site but couldn't find it. maybe someone else would have better luck searching there?

Matt O.

I will get you one in the AM and ship it out overnight. Email me your address - matt ( at ) type944.com

-Matt

Campeck

WOW!!!
and who said rennlist was going to hell and fast!?!?!?!

Matt H

DO NOT cheap out on these!! Nothing worse than rounding one of those suckers!

BTW - they are called triple squares and IF you are going to cheap out Lisle is the cheapest I have seen. Available at Autozone, Sears, etc. About 15 dollars each. I have two sets, Lisle and Matco and the Matco ones were about 4 times that per tool IIRC.
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Jakerx

hey matt(s)...thanks a bunch...but matt (olde), i will check on sears tomorrow asking for triple squares...thanks for the thought though...i don't want you to go through the trouble of you doing that for me

iloveporsches

The Autozone (I guess Lisle) set worked fine for me. Didn't feel like paying the $25 or so Snap-On wanted for them. Besides, if you strip a PP bolt, they're really simple to drill out and the PP just slips right off the remaining stud.

Just DON'T try to use an extractor if you strip them, and have it break off. Then you'll be drilling for hours

Jakerx

hey brandon these are the flywheel bolts not the pressure plate bolts...getting a drill bit to drill these puppies out would be a pain because the heads are so big...but i guess you were talking about the same thing because you said the autozone lisle...oh well...im confuzled...haha

83na944

Another option is SK 19704 from http://www.thetoolwarehouse.net/shop/TTW387.html#2277.

Good product, good company. Only problem is the minimum order.

daniel951

go to checkers. They have them there. Just go to the area with the tools in the back and they sell them in packs of 4 i think which have all different sizes. We called everywhere like u asking for a cheesehead or 12pt and everyone was just confused and said no we don't have it so we go done there and BAM there it was. Good Luck. They cost around $15for a pack

daniel951

by the way we replaced all my 12pt bolts on the Pressure plate to allen and it worked just fine no clearance issues

adie

Did you actually go on the hunt for the tool or did you ring and ask to speak to someone in the tool section in the outlets you mentioned?.

rihaa

The local Kragan had a set of 4 when I was removing the CV bolts. My dad was the one who went to get them, but they probably ran about the $15 range.

I get the impression that most of the local parts stores should carry these.

Legoland951

For $10 more, get the snap one for $25 instead of the other brands. Most likely, you will have to impact these bolts off and as you observed, they are very large head bolts so they are next to impossible to drill out.