Name this screw!

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Windymiller

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1,935 posts

247 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Any suggestions? It's from the rear of a Porsche 997 air con unit.

virgil

1,557 posts

231 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Looks like a BZP socket head flange button screw. About 4 or 5 mm I guess...sorry, can't tell the length

one eyed mick

1,189 posts

168 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Hans or Adolphus ?

gsd2000

11,515 posts

190 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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looked like a rounded torx to me

littleredrooster

5,703 posts

203 months

Thursday 2nd August 2012
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Button-head allen screw with integral washer. Also seen them called trim screws, but that's a bit vague.
All IMO, of course.

dmitsi

3,583 posts

227 months

Wednesday 8th August 2012
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Looks like a rounded off 25 torx that someone has attacked with a allen key.

HustleRussell

25,204 posts

167 months

Wednesday 8th August 2012
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gsd2000 said:
looked like a rounded torx to me
This. Have fun with that!

dmitsi

3,583 posts

227 months

Wednesday 8th August 2012
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HustleRussell said:
gsd2000 said:
looked like a rounded torx to me
This. Have fun with that!
My solution to this is to round it off a bit more with the allen key again. Swear at anything in the vicinity. Try a bigger allen key that won't fit in. Then end up getting a T30 and hammering it into the already mangled fitting. It will go in but requires a hard hit (which could be a problem on this plastic fitting). Once stuck in place you can remove the screw and recover the torx bit via the use of a vice and previously mentioned hammer.

HustleRussell

25,204 posts

167 months

Wednesday 8th August 2012
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on this one I think I'd slot the head with a dremel cutting disc and use a flat-head screwdriver.