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| Thread ID: 116942 | 2011-03-26 22:15:00 | Can someone tell me what this screw type is? | Agent_24 (57) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 1189668 | 2011-03-26 22:15:00 | This is a side of the power supply for a Canon Pixma iP4300, it's got a lovely little screw which I have not seen before. Does anyone know what it is? |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1189669 | 2011-03-26 22:24:00 | could be Line. here (en.wikipedia.org) If you tell us what the purpose of the screw is for, there will be a better chance of identifying it. |
plod (107) | ||
| 1189670 | 2011-03-26 22:28:00 | It seems to hold the case of the PSU together. It's the only visible screw on the entire thing and going by the looks of the plastic, the rest of the case just clips together. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1189671 | 2011-03-27 00:18:00 | Don't know about youse guys - but we here call it a 'Security Torx'. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1189672 | 2011-03-27 00:26:00 | Are you sure about that? Security Torx as I understand them look like this: | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1189673 | 2011-03-27 00:34:00 | Are you sure about that? Security Torx as I understand them look like this: Yeah - we have them too - but this new design is so wide inside that it defies getting removed like a standard Torx and it will just wobble around in the head-bore and go nowhere. Actually, if you take a quality screwdriver, you can force that nib inside the other Torx to break out and you can then turn it with any one of a number of handtools. I've done that at times and unscrewed them with a common screw driver too after the nib is gone. We see these new Torx screws in vending machines, restroom and toilet divider panels and security screens. |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1189674 | 2011-03-27 00:36:00 | Late edit: I also have had them in a few transmissions too when I rebuilt them - they keep a n00b from disassembling the wrong parts when they service the internal filters during a transmission service. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1189675 | 2011-03-27 01:08:00 | Just a thought, your eyes might be tricking you with my photo... The head on the screw sticks out, more like a bolt, it's not indented like a Torx. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1189676 | 2011-03-27 01:12:00 | Ahhhhhhhhhhh Then it's an Inverted Torx! Simple and succinct! |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 1189677 | 2011-03-27 03:02:00 | Ahhhhhhhhhhh Then it's an Inverted Torx! Simple and succinct! I guess we're upside down in more ways than one then Joe. :lol: |
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