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Re: ign screw(Re: [ST] Ghosts of Triumph's past, or Shake, rattle, and fall apart.)
- Subject: Re: ign screw(Re: [ST] Ghosts of Triumph's past, or Shake, rattle, and fall apart.)
- From: Blake Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 12:17:43 -0700
Brian D wrote:
> I doubt your dealer will even have them, although they do seem to be
> designed to be disposable, so they might stock some. They have the
> tiniest socket head I've ever seen (4mm) and strip very, very easily.
> <insert my usual gripe about Triumph's stupid, non-standard fasteners>
They're designed to strip easily -- they're "soft metal" screws, which
Triumph uses to help prevent theives from removing the ignition cylinder.
(Or, so the dealers tell me, anyways. :-)
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Blake "Dawgbert" Sobiloff <sobiloff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
San Jose, CA (USA)
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