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D_E_Bishop's avatar
D_E_Bishop
Explorer
Oct 14, 2016

I need help finding a post!

I am a little confused on when I saw the post on a special type of screwdriver listed on ebay. The set was two drivers a #1 and a #2 and was kind of expensive but reasonable considering it's use.

I thought that MEXICOWANDERER was the OP but a search of his posts did not bring up anything. Subject was about the screws found on fuse blocks and being multipurpose for using square, flat blade or Phillips or this other kind of driver.

I would like to print it out as there is some really good information in the thread that can be used in teaching kids about screwdrivers and selecting the correct style.

Any help including if you did a search and found the post, what you searched for.
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  • westend's avatar
    westend
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    About the only thing worse than the Posidrive is the Clutch G heads used on many RV's. I bought a few of the Clutch drive bits and have a couple still NIB for that emergency that may happen. As I find them, I replace them with more standard type fastener heads.

    Yup, JIS has been referenced as well but those are more typical in smaller plate installations where a big amount of torque isn't needed and a standard Phillips driver suffices. Still, it depends on what you're working on and the environment the fastener has seen.
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Oct 14, 2016
    Most screws on motorcycles using a #2 and #1 screwdriver are JIS screws. Those are pretty large screws and take a fair amount of torque to loosen. Using a regular Philips screwdriver is almost guaranteed to strip out the head. Pretty much any screw on a Japanese made device is a JIS screw, and for best results needs JIS screwdriver.
  • bcbouy's avatar
    bcbouy
    Explorer
    Oct 14, 2016
    a robertson will work best on all jis screws.it's a very common screw head in canada.
  • pulsar's avatar
    pulsar
    Explorer
    Oct 15, 2016
    Trackrig wrote:
    pulsar wrote:
    If the thread that Trackrig linked to is the one your are looking for, the reason it can't be found with the forum search engine is that it is more than a year old and the forum no longer properly archive thread.

    More specifically, if a thread is more than a year old and was posted after April 29, 2013, the search engine will not find it. The 2013 date is when the archiving process broke. (One might think that it could have been fixed by now.)

    I'm sure Trackrig found it with another search engine, probably Google.

    Tom


    Yes, I used Google by searching on MEXICOWANDERER SCREWDRIVER. I find Google a lot better for searching this forum than the forum's search function.

    It is interesting that since this is an old post, that David and I both saw it in the last little while - that's how I knew what he was talking about. I didn't realize it was an older post.

    Bill


    The thread was visible on the forum, and the search engine could find it until the afternoon of June 25. That is when the last post became more than a year old.

    After that, it should not have been visible or searchable.

    Tom
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Oct 15, 2016
    bcbouy wrote:
    a robertson will work best on all jis screws.it's a very common screw head in canada.
    Hmm, I thought the Robertson was a square headed screw. Would that work well without chewing up the head of a JIS screw? Or am I mistaken?
  • BuckyBadger's avatar
    BuckyBadger
    Explorer
    Oct 15, 2016
    I think you can use a #3 Phillips or #2 Square drive on those . Looks a lot like deck screws I use

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