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- From: bpita@ctp.com (Bob Pitas)
- Subject: Re: 12 point bolt heads on Ford
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- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.161037.15099@ctp.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 16:10:37 GMT
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- References: <1992Aug28.131937.4122@infonode.ingr.com> <1992Aug28.144245.1@bronco.fnal.gov>
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- In article <1992Aug28.144245.1@bronco.fnal.gov> colombo@bronco.fnal.gov writes:
- >In article <1992Aug28.131937.4122@infonode.ingr.com>, brantley@infonode.ingr.com (Dwight D. Brantley) writes:
- >>
- >> What kind of tool is used on what appears to be a 12-point bolt head?
- >> I ran into this on my 83' Mustang while trying to remove the drive shaft
- >> so that I can replace the clutch. These are the 4 bolts which connect the
- >> drive shaft and universal joints to the differential drive flange. The
- >> 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 socket which
- >> I have not been able to find. The Ford dealer was absolutly no help either.
- >> They said "Yep, takes a special tool. Don't know what you call it or where
- >> you could get one though". Any clues on this would be greatly appreciated.
- >> My Mustang aint goin nowhere till I solve this!
- >>
- >
- >Yup, 12-point 5/32 sounds about right, nothing special about it though.
- >I got a 12-point 9 piece socket set in 1/32 increments at an auto swap
- >meet for $11. I believe you can get box-end wrenches in 12-point too.
- >
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-
- It's 12mm...
- Ford went metric right around that time. The tranny bolts and bell-housing
- bolts will all be metric too. Try 15mm for the tranny and 17mm for the
- BH...
- (Gee, I wonder if I change alot of trannies/clutches...)
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