After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
my new battery was made in China and does not use the
Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
Nigel
"Nigel Burnett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>
> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>
Swing by your local locksmith. He might have a set of those driver bits.
Once in a while you can get just the right size screwdriver in and coax
these buggers out but try the locksmith first.
--
Roger Shoaf
About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.
Nigel Burnett wrote:
> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>
> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>
> Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
>
> Nigel
>
A little trick to try - using a small flat head screwdriver,
insert the tip into the screw head next to the pin and give
it a twist. usually the metal pin in the centre of the screw
head will break of allowing an ordinary torx driver to be used.
Waldo
Thanks for all the responses. I'd already checked HD and CdnTire. Helpful staff
knew about them but neither carry it. And neither seemed intereseted in doing so.
Little bits in the middle are too strong to snap off.
Friend with a little metal lathe is going to (try to) drill a hole in one of my t15 bits.
Looks like 1/16th will do it. Fiendishly clever plastic case is so close to the head
that it is impossible to grip with decent pliers. First time I've been thwarted in taking
something apart for a long time.
At least I know the name of the thing now -
ciao
Nigel
Sears has them. They are included with a Security screw driver bit set.
"Nigel Burnett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>
> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>
> Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
>
> Nigel
>
Go to any of your local Princess auto stores and buy a set of security
bits they come in a little red plastic case and have all kinds of tamper
proof bits for those PITA screws. I have a set and they have saved my ass
many times I think they are only about 5 or 6 bucks for about 20 different
bit well worth having even if you only use once.
Chris Melanson
"Nigel Burnett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>
> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>
> Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
>
> Nigel
>
Nigel Burnett wrote:
> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>
> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>
> Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
>
> Nigel
Security torx, either of the borgs sells 1/4" hex bits with them.
On Sat, 08 Jan 2005 17:13:19 GMT, "Chris Melanson"
<[email protected]> wrote:
quite right... these are the cheap ones...
the burglars use the higher priced, better quality sets..
> Go to any of your local Princess auto stores and buy a set of security
>bits they come in a little red plastic case and have all kinds of tamper
>proof bits for those PITA screws. I have a set and they have saved my ass
>many times I think they are only about 5 or 6 bucks for about 20 different
>bit well worth having even if you only use once.
>
>Chris Melanson
>
>"Nigel Burnett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> After getting back to Toronto with all of my Amazon goodies,
>> I realized that one of the batteries' clips had been broken in
>> shipping (as was one of the partitions in the case). I called
>> Makita in Toronto and they said bring it over. Unfortunately,
>> my new battery was made in China and does not use the
>> Philipps screws that the 2.6A 18V Japanese manufactued
>> ones use. Mine has a torx screw with protusion in the centre
>> that's designed to go in a hole in torx screwdriver. And they
>> didn't have this screwdriver at Makita Canada :-(. They
>> gladly gave me a replacement battery clip though.
>>
>> Drilling a hole in the end of mine was an abject failure. They're
>> used in the auto insustry (according to very helpful person at HD)
>> so I'm off to my car repair guy tomorrow and hope he has one.
>>
>> Is there a name for this other than g.d.torx?
>>
>> Nigel
>>
>
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