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GMC AVION Tool [message #295729]

Fri, 19 February 2016 09:57

tphipps

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For those who still have the clutch screws holding up everything in your Avion, Ace Hardware carries a screwdriver bit for you. Ace Screwdriver Bit # 2058766 is the part number. Ace opened a new store in our town and it was on the shelf.
Tom, MS II

2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552 KA4CSG

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Re: GMC AVION Tool [message #295730 is a reply to message #295729]

Fri, 19 February 2016 10:12

rcjordan

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Looks like a standard T10 torx, which -until fairly recently- was pretty hard to find. Lately, deck-building is moving into using small torx screws for finishing. If tx10 and t10 are the same, you might check the deck screw section in Lowes. I just saw the bits in my local store on a new display.

http://www.amazon.com/Great-Neck-TX10-Torx-Screwdriver/dp/B00004Z2LJ

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Re: GMC AVION Tool [message #295731 is a reply to message #295730]

Fri, 19 February 2016 10:14

tphipps

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It is not a TORX! If anything, it looks like a bowtie.
Just saying.
Tom, MS II

2012 Phoenix Cruiser model 2552 KA4CSG

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Re: GMC AVION Tool [message #295732 is a reply to message #295729]

Fri, 19 February 2016 10:18

rcjordan

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>bowtie

OK, got it. One image I found was showing a pix of tx10 torx by that part #. I try to keep a full complement of security screw bits. If I don't have it already, I'll stop by Ace this morning.

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC AVION Tool [message #295734 is a reply to message #295731]

Fri, 19 February 2016 10:22

James Hupy

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It is a clutch head. GM used to use them to fasten voltage regulators to
the firewall on systems that had generators on the engines. Back in the day.
Jim Hupy
On Feb 19, 2016 8:15 AM, "Thomas Phipps" wrote:

> It is not a TORX! If anything, it looks like a bowtie.
> Just saying.
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC AVION Tool [message #295757 is a reply to message #295734]

Fri, 19 February 2016 16:11

powwerjon

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Ace hardware and the big box stores carry them as well as HF. There are 2 or 3 different sizes of the bit and it does look like a bowtie from the working end. They are all over inside the Avion Model.

J.R. Wright
30' Buskirk Stretch
75 Avion under reconstruction
Michigan
On Location in Tucson

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:22 AM, James Hupy wrote:
>
> It is a clutch head. GM used to use them to fasten voltage regulators to
> the firewall on systems that had generators on the engines. Back in the day.
> Jim Hupy
> On Feb 19, 2016 8:15 AM, "Thomas Phipps" wrote:
>
>> It is not a TORX! If anything, it looks like a bowtie.
>> Just saying.
>> Tom, MS II
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Re: [GMCnet] GMC AVION Tool [message #295758 is a reply to message #295729]

Fri, 19 February 2016 16:19

USAussie

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Tom,

Nice find!

In case someone wants a complete set:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#clutch-head-screwdriver-bits/=i4gbqk

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic

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From: Thomas Phipps

For those who still have the clutch screws holding up everything in your Avion, Ace Hardware carries a screwdriver bit for you. Ace
Screwdriver Bit # 2058766 is the part number. Ace opened a new store in our town and it was on the shelf.
Tom,

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC AVION Tool [message #295764 is a reply to message #295758]

Fri, 19 February 2016 16:30

Guy Lopes

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Here's another set. I own two - one for the shop and another for the GMC.

http://www.harborfreight.com/100-pc-security-bit-set-with-case-68457.html

Guy Lopes
76 Birchaven "Orion"
Sacramento, CA
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Tom,

Nice find!

In case someone wants a complete set:

http://www.mcmaster.com/#clutch-head-screwdriver-bits/=i4gbqk

Regards,
Rob M.
The Pedantic Mechanic

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Re: [GMCnet] GMC AVION Tool [message #295767 is a reply to message #295730]

Fri, 19 February 2016 17:21

Emery Stora

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RC
That is called a Clutch head. Commonly used back in the 60’s and 70’s on trailers and motorhomes.
My 1969 Dodge Travco and my 1972 Dodge Travco used them everywhere. I still have some screws in my junk boxes and about 3 screwdrivers and some clutch bits in my tool box.

Emery Stora
77 Kingsley
Frederick, CO

> On Feb 19, 2016, at 9:12 AM, RC Jordan wrote:
>
> Looks like a standard T10 torx, which -until fairly recently- was pretty hard to find. Lately, deck-building is moving into using small torx screws
> for finishing. If tx10 and t10 are the same, you might check the deck screw section in Lowes. I just saw the bits in my local store on a new display.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Great-Neck-TX10-Torx-Screwdriver/dp/B00004Z2LJ
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Re: GMC AVION Tool [message #295772 is a reply to message #295729]

Fri, 19 February 2016 18:00

rcjordan

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I own the kit Guy posted above. It's in the Royale. I wondered why the guys at the co-op were borrowing it so often. It went on sale for something like $7 at HF Orlando, so I gave them a couple.

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