Which tool would you buy? 12pt triple square

[camron at worldaccessnet.com (Camron D. Crouse)]

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Camron from Vancouver, WA USA
'86.5 Black 16V 2.0L



John Gates wrote:
 > I've had ugly experience with these.  My VR6 flywheel bolts are single
 > use 10mm XZN heads.  The damn Lisle bits stripped and in the processes
 > stripped the heads on several of the bolts when I was torquing new
 > ones.  Those bolts are very hard, a real treat to try drilling.  What a
 > mess.  Then I tried the K-D bits, very similar.  Stripped even easier.
 >
 > I found the Snap-On truck and bought the 8, 10 and 12mm bits for about
 > $20 apiece.  I guess some cars have 6mm somewhere on them too.  This is
 > one place you shouldn't cheap out on.  The XZN bits are the only Snap-On
 > tools I own, and I have almost $10,000 worth of tools.  Snap-On calls
 > them triple-square.
 >
 > Now, IIRC, those flywheel bolts I'm talking about were something like 65
 > ft/lbs and another 1/4 turn or something, like head bolts, so there was
 > a lot of pressure.  A lot more than CV flange bolts, you could probably
 > get away with the cheap stuff, but I'm not taking chances myself..
 >
 > John Gates
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 > '85 Scirocco, Flash Silver
 > '97 Jetta GLX, Sequoia Green
 >

Greg Pallett wrote:


> THe starter bolts are 8mm 12pt.  I don't have that one, and haven't found it
> at Home Depot, Advance Auto, Pep Boys, Sears, or my local hardware store.
> So I'm shopping around online.