Trailer screw id
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03/20/21 08:00 AM
03/20/21 08:00 AM
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This is a screw on my trailer . It’s not a Torx. I tried everything I could find locally to remove it Is there a name ?
Last edited by Wirenut; 03/20/21 08:01 AM.
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: Wirenut]
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03/20/21 10:27 AM
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Chief
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It takes a #2 square socket, believe it or not.
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: Chief]
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03/20/21 11:16 AM
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It takes a #2 square socket, believe it or not.
Dave I had a similar experience with my trailer. I could not find a torx to fit and found a square drive that did.
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: evenflow]
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03/20/21 12:12 PM
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Yup, #2 square Trailer Screws
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: moparx]
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03/20/21 01:25 PM
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i discovered there is a "torx plus" fastener out there that looks like a torx, but regular torx bits won't fit. and you guessed it, those take "torx plus" bits..............  when is anything going to be standardized again ? of course, it gives a guy the opportunity to buy new tools.  Things ain’t what they used to be and never will be again. Be happy we had once I guess
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: 6PakBee]
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03/20/21 01:26 PM
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Thanks I can see some frustration in my near future
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: Wirenut]
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03/20/21 02:08 PM
03/20/21 02:08 PM
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First time I saw that was on the Max Wedge bolt hole plugs, took me a while to figure out it took a 1/2" square drive. Duh.
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: Wirenut]
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03/20/21 02:16 PM
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Thanks I can see some frustration in my near future I redid the screws in my car trailer and quickly found out don’t buy cheap bits. Stanly sells I nice small plastic box of them.
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Re: Trailer screw id
[Re: moparx]
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03/21/21 09:03 AM
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i discovered there is a "torx plus" fastener out there that looks like a torx, but regular torx bits won't fit. and you guessed it, those take "torx plus" bits.............. when is anything going to be standardized again ? of course, it gives a guy the opportunity to buy new tools. There are some goofy ones that have been used over the years. I have been told that the clutch head screws that GM used to love was developed for assembly line installation. I have run into a head design called a spline a couple times in my life, have no idea what the driving force was behind that one. Who knows?
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Re: Trailer screw id
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03/21/21 02:39 PM
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HA ! ........... spline drive ! i have a brand new, still in the box, set of 1/4" drive [size ratchet] "spline drive" sockets and bits, with the spline drive on all the parts so you can't use the individual pieces with anything but this set. i don't remember where they came from, if i remember, i think it was a door prize at a cruise. probably a donation that was a "can't sell" item. 
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Re: Trailer screw id
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03/22/21 11:32 AM
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HA ! ........... spline drive ! i have a brand new, still in the box, set of 1/4" drive [size ratchet] "spline drive" sockets and bits, with the spline drive on all the parts so you can't use the individual pieces with anything but this set. i don't remember where they came from, if i remember, i think it was a door prize at a cruise. probably a donation that was a "can't sell" item. Is it a Mini Ratchet set..red Box with red and yellow bit holders??? if so they are the best... think covid did them in thought small company out of Connecticut
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