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- Subject: 12 point bolt heads on Ford
- Message-ID: <7507.88.uupcb@chaos.lrk.ar.us>
- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 4 Sep 92 09:15:00 GMT
- Reply-To: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
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- Organization: The Courts of Chaos * Jacksonville AR USA * 501-985-0059
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- -> bolts resemble an inside-out Torx configuration except that they have
- -> 12 points instead of six. I thought that a 12-point socket might do
- -> the trick, but it seems that this would require a 15/32, 12-point
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- It's probably a male spline head screw. Ford used female spline heads
- in the 2000 OHC motor's head bolts and cam tensioner bolt.
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- Snap-On makes male and female spline sockets or wrenches. Keep a tight
- grip on your wallet.
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