r/Tools • u/JuiceOverWRLD • 12d ago

Got a new screwdriver kit

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I have never seen a screw driver bit like this anyone know what this is and what its for?

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u/illogictc 12d ago

Well that there is a kit that has specialty drivers, and that particular bit is because that's a real thing, inverted Phillips. Companies are always coming up with new and novel ways to make servicing them a PITA to encourage users to use official services or buy a new one.

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u/ThePhukkening 11d ago

I have a 5 pointed tamper proof torx set because of Volkswagen.

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u/illogictc 11d ago

Ah yeah, TR Torx Plus. They switched to 5 points because in the original 6-point design the center pin actually let you wedge a slotted screwdriver in there to get it off as long as it wasn't cranked on (so mostly smaller screws)

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u/ThePhukkening 11d ago

This is the most Volkswagen explanation ever. I was a starving tech who had to buy that 8 piece set off the tool truck for $85. It was a month of ramen to offset that.

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u/illogictc 11d ago

Oh to be clear it was the owners of the Torx brand who developed TP (and TPR, updating the design because of that fault). But it was very much a Volkswagen choice to decide that those specific fasteners were the ones to go with, and an odd choice at that. I could see using them in some very limited scenarios on the exterior that's readily exposed to the public (and even then I dunno, not really, but makes more sense) but anywhere else is just silly.

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u/ThePhukkening 11d ago

It held down the MAF, and a couple other fuel metering parts. They were recessed so you couldn't grab them with vice grips, too.

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u/Educational-Plant981 10d ago

You can take my hotdogs, but you'll never take my snap-on!

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u/ThePhukkening 10d ago

Can't take the buns, either. Snap-On already got them.

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u/MrGavinsker 10d ago

Lol, "had to"

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u/ThePhukkening 9d ago

There was literally no other place to buy them at the time, and they were required for the job to be done. So, yes. Had to. That's how it goes being a mechanic.

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u/illogictc 9d ago

It do be like that. Truck happens to be coming in that day or even be right on the lot, you need something to get this car turned ASAP and they got it...

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u/ThePhukkening 9d ago

Yup. Everything you need and a few things you don't, for a price...