Screwdriver for 90 doors???

I need to take the doors off my 1988 90 and the screw heads are pretty big
suckers...

Nothing I've seen in the shops will come close to fitting them...

I think they are Posidrive rather than Philips but can anybody tell me what
size I'm after and where the devil I'd be able to buy them... (online if
poss).

Thanks,
David

On or around Mon, 21 Feb 2005 22:45:45 -0000, "Plus.net Newsgroups"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>I need to take the doors off my 1988 90 and the screw heads are pretty big
>suckers...
>
>Nothing I've seen in the shops will come close to fitting them...
>
>I think they are Posidrive rather than Philips but can anybody tell me what
>size I'm after and where the devil I'd be able to buy them... (online if
>poss).

I think they're no.4. as you say, big feckers, and they are indeed
pozidriv, not phillips. Phillips have tapered blades, pozi have parallel.

they might even be no.5, id there is such an animal. certainly bigger than
no.3, although I got mine undone with a no.3 square shaft with a spanner on
it for leverage.

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> I need to take the doors off my 1988 90 and the screw heads are pretty big
> suckers...
>
> Nothing I've seen in the shops will come close to fitting them...
>
> I think they are Posidrive rather than Philips but can anybody tell me
what
> size I'm after and where the devil I'd be able to buy them... (online if
> poss).


You are not looking hard enough !

An impact driver (the type you hit with a hammer rather than the
air/electric type) is the tool for the job.

Make sure you get new bolts before you start.

If they don't shift then drill them out.

hope this helps


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Marc Draper wrote:

> An impact driver (the type you hit with a hammer rather than the
> air/electric type) is the tool for the job.

Personally I'd use an air impact wrench - less chance of bending the
doors if you end up hitting things hard. So long as you lean on them
hard they do a great job of getting these bolts out.


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EMB

EMB wrote:
>
> Marc Draper wrote:
>
> > An impact driver (the type you hit with a hammer rather than the
> > air/electric type) is the tool for the job.
>
> Personally I'd use an air impact wrench - less chance of bending the
> doors if you end up hitting things hard. So long as you lean on them
> hard they do a great job of getting these bolts out.
>
And lots of WD40 off-course.
Kind regards,
Erik-Jan.

Have heard somewhere that they have captive nuts or whatever behind which
can work loose and drop so as to cause a problem when trying to fit new bolt
???


"Plus.net Newsgroups" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I need to take the doors off my 1988 90 and the screw heads are pretty big
> suckers...
>
> Nothing I've seen in the shops will come close to fitting them...
>
> I think they are Posidrive rather than Philips but can anybody tell me
what
> size I'm after and where the devil I'd be able to buy them... (online if
> poss).
>
> Thanks,
> David
>
>

In message <X%[email protected]>
"Hirsty's" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Have heard somewhere that they have captive nuts or whatever behind which
> can work loose and drop so as to cause a problem when trying to fit new bolt
> ???
>
>
> "Plus.net Newsgroups" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > I need to take the doors off my 1988 90 and the screw heads are pretty big
> > suckers...
> >
> > Nothing I've seen in the shops will come close to fitting them...
> >
> > I think they are Posidrive rather than Philips but can anybody tell me
> what
> > size I'm after and where the devil I'd be able to buy them... (online if
> > poss).
> >
> > Thanks,
> > David
> >
> >
>
>

The bits that come with air wrenches and impact drivers are
indeed just the right size, plus ScrewFix do a large CK
screwdriver of the right size. However...... Unless the
screws are new(ish) I always drill the heads off, as,
as pointed out in another reply, missing with an impact
driver can be slightly annoying, and with either an impact
driver or air tool there is a good chance of mangling the
steel that retains the captive nuts. The usual problem when
changing the hinges is that the captives break up and just
spin - another advantage of drilling. Any bits of the captive
that do fall off will disappear in to the black hole of the
bulkhead and never be seen again......

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EMB wrote:


> Personally I'd use an air impact wrench - less chance of bending the
> doors if you end up hitting things hard. So long as you lean on them
> hard they do a great job of getting these bolts out.
>
>
The drive end on a hand impact wrench is 1/2 inch drive so a t-bar or
ratchet could be used. Be carefull with the air tools as you can't feel
much and may just take the head off the screw.

Air tools are a god send but I wouldn't in this instance. Just my thoughts.


Paul