Cv joints/driveshafts

Discussion in 'Mech Tech' started by rickyrooo1, Mar 18, 2013.


  1. They were originally hex head ...........
     
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  2. On all years?
     
  3. No idea but the were on 72's
     
  4. Ok cheers for the info dude im always happy to be corrected when im wrong
     
  5. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Still hex in 73... any advance?
     
  6. mine are 6mm hex.never changed bolts washers or spreaders - they aint fallen off yet!
     
  7. PIE

    PIE

    I thought, probably wrongly, that all the original fixings were triple square and the replacements were hex?
     
  8. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    too add to the confusion 12 of my new bolts were flat ended and 12 pointy - the pointy ones were easier to locate.
     
  9. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

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    Just got these.
     
  10. Splined on a 78!

    Your kit looks good, Mr Roo.
     
  11. rickyrooo1

    rickyrooo1 Hanging round like a bad smell

    smallest one i could get £9.96 - i suspect i'll only use the one size as in all my 44 years i've never used a set before....
     
  12. alot of stuff on modern cars are triple square and spline .... stops joe average having a go
     
  13. Possibly, but I think the main reason for Torx, splined etc is for ease of production (bloke hanging upside down on assembly line with air screwdriver). I think Torx were specifically designed to make life in a factory easier: easy to get driver head in and won't cam out once the torque's been reached.
     
  14. PIE

    PIE

    I have noticed that a lot of good wood screws spax ect are going to these instead of cross head types, they do stay on the bit better I have noticed.
     
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  15. I fitted a doorframe with frame fixings a while ago, and if the screws hadn't have been Torx head, I'd never have been able to do them up - really tight. I used my socket set in the end...
     
  16. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    However did they manage in the olden days? :)
     
  17. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    When I was a window and door fixer, I soon learned the correct tool for a screw is a hammer. The slot it just for final adjustment. ;)
     
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  18. They bashed slowly-decomposing nails into the doorframe and mortared them in, if the original 70s one was anything to go by. I reckon another 10 years and you could've ripped the door frame out...:)
     
  19. Zed

    Zed Gradually getting grumpier

    Sounds like my house. :)
     
  20. PIE

    PIE

    My Dad was the only person I ever saw put slot head screws in with a Yankee screwdriver and never slip.
    I still have a scar on me thumb from trying to do the same.
     

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