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[Triton]

Okay, a buddy of mine managed to bend the pocket clip on his CRKT knife. It's held on by some tiny torx screws. I noted that my Benchmade Rukus has the same thing.

1) Where do I find tiny torx bits?

2) Why the heck don't they just us a friggin screw?

 

[Antihero17]

Sears sells individual craftsmen torx screw drivers.

 

[JatMat]

Why the heck don't they just us a friggin screw?

Then they couldn't sell the tiny torx drivers.

 

[65535]

IIRC its T6 size, at least thats what my M16 uses.

 

[reptilezs]

torx is less prone to stripping in a manufacturing enviroment with tourqe limiting guns.

 

[Buck268]

I, personally, like Torx-head screws. In a lower torque application (ei: Not control arm bolts on your car) they grip the driver head much better, thus stripping less eaily, than your regular phillips or flat head bits.

 

[Salamander42]

I got my torx driver set at Lowe's. It was only about 6 bucks and has all of the sizes I've needed for my knives so far. . . http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=239384-16878-60272&lpage=none

 

[1whitefoot]

I ran into that problem and went to Harbor Freight and bought a six pack for .99cents that had the right ones.

They might be better but only if you carry the bits to work on them.

 

[MechNinja]

try www.knifekits.com

 

[Triton]

Excellent! Thanks for the help gentlemen, I've got a harbor freight store in the area and a Lowe's on the way home. If neither one of them have them then I'll take the suggestion on knifekits.com...

 

[65535]

Sears micro screwdriver set. Torx Flat head and Phillips.