Why TORX?

[FMJ]

Just wait till you go to undo something with a tamper proof torx head.

 

[michael franks]

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Thanks for all the input, guys. I'm one of those who find torx fiddly but I'm fine with allen bolts.
All the same there seems to be quite a lot of love for torx.

FMJ wrote:

Just wait till you go to undo something with a tamper proof torx head.

Special tool? :shock:

 

[tufty]

Torx is the better system. In most cases. The problem is lack of tools. If I had all the allen bolts swapped for torx, I would have to buy a new multitool (with torx). Do these even exist?

I thought most multitools had bit drivers these days?

FWIW, the allen bolts I've had to extract have mostly been at work, cheap steel bolts in aluminium, exposed to heat, cold and humidity in places that aren't easy to get to. The only bike allen I've had fail was the expander bolt on a 1980s road headset that had been left out in the weather for 10 years or so..

tamper proof torx is the set with the pin in the centre. Tamper-proof torx drivers work fine on normal torx bolts, though, the solution should be obvious...

 

[mattr]

No, it takes about 3 seconds to tweak the tamper prof nub out with a pair of needle nose pliers.

Then you can replace with proper torx.

Don't see how torx can be any more or less fiddly than an allen key tho. Align, insert, twist. They are both 6 point tools, both using similar tools, in similar locations.

 

[02gf74]

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Torx head is less likely to strip than hex, as stated sohave that advantage but i dont like them as it means carrying at least two more tools, one size for rotors, other for bleed screw, for brake lever clamos, stem

Need to go in ebay to see if there us a torx took like an akken key, i.e. not torx bit nor multitool.

 

[legrandefromage]

Cheap torx bits break rather than round off too.

 

[highlandsflyer]

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I have seen every type of ruined hole in my time. I welcome anything that makes life easier, but as others have said, I have rarely been the culprit when it came to damaged fasteners of any kind.

My grandfather taught me most of my mechanical principles, and he was a very patient man. I think the hip flask and roll ups were a factor.

The use of the wrong tool is most often the problem, I feel.

Mine are immaculately ordered, and ready at hand at all times.

My friend is a mechanic with his own premises working alone. He merely hangs everything up. I cannot fathom how he manages day to day.

Bicycles suffer more inept fettling than most machines as they are just, well, a bicycle.

 

[Rampage]

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Might be fine on a road bike but mtb they are harder to get mud out of.

 

[tufty]

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Torx head is less likely to strip than hex, as stated sohave that advantage but i dont like them as it means carrying at least two more tools, one size for rotors, other for bleed screw, for brake lever clamos, stem

I've got at least 4, 5 & 6mm allen bolts on my bike. I'm fairly sure there's a 2 or 3 mm in there somewhere as well, I have a vague recollection of having to pull out the tiddlers last time I stripped down.

Need to go in ebay to see if there us a torx took like an akken key, i.e. not torx bit nor multitool.

Yeah, there are.

Might be fine on a road bike but mtb they are harder to get mud out of.

Ah, there you're almost certainly right.

 

[Relliott6879]

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I have seen every type of ruined hole in my time.

:shock: