Starter Bolts - Are some really Tripplesquare?

[sandor at vwot.org (Sandor)]

I ran across this problem with 2 of my 75 Rabbit it had an old-skool
Diesel starter to spin its 2.0L 16v and it had special smaller head (and
12 point) bolts to clear the housing...they were in crap shape and when I
tried to use regular allen head 8v bolts from my 83 jetta they didn't
clear and ended up getting wedged against the starter housing before they
were even halfway into the front mount...that car was definitely junk yard
ghetto stylz


sandor


> I just made it up, it was one of those brake cleaner hallucinations.
> Seriously? We have several with triple square starter bolts around here,
> the kid borrows the bit for his Jettas too (90? and 87) and the headache
> takes that bit too (87). I think Klaus has an Allen IIRC.
> So beware, if your car is a junkyard blend, better have both bits to be
> safe.
>
> Cathy
>
>
>> can't say for sure, but seems anythign before 82 is a
>> allen key and after 82 (from the cars I used to have
>> here) they seem to be triple square 10mm.
>>
>>> --- T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>> > Wondering if the Recent Thread re: Motor Mounts is
>>> really case of it
>>> > NOT being a Torx after all, but a Tripplesquare
>>> (or Twelve Point) like
>>> > CV and Head Bolts.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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