Dave89CC2

On sale at Sears for $16.50 (50% off). This is a nice American-made set which includes the T-55 that you WILL need WHEN you replace your rear wheel bearings. That one bit costs $6 or $7 seperately.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00946345000

Just an FYI that I thought might be useful for us "budget conscious" C4 guys .

bogus

to be honest, all torx sockets are junk. And the cheaper you go, the more junk they become.

the upside to spending $40.00 on the Craftsman set, is that when one breaks, they will replace it for no charge.

And that T55 WILL break when doing the rear wheel bearings...

CFI-EFI

The Torx bit sets on sale at Sears, are Lisle, as originally stated. I would doubt they carry the Craftsman's guarantee, regardless of where you bought them. I have changed two sets of rear wheel bearings with my Lisle, T55, Torx bit, each bolt on and off with an impact wrench, and it it is holding up just fine.

RACE ON!!!

Dave89CC2

FWIW - I bought just the single T55 Lisle when I had to do my rear wheel bearings (as alluded to above), and it held up fine. I don't have an impact wrench, but I did put some serious torque on it using my huge 1/2 inch breaker bar with a 1/2>3/8 reducer on it.

This is in sharp contrast to a Chinese T50 socket I got at "Horrible Freight" in one of those 3pc brake socket sets, which twisted visibly the one and only time I used it.

I still don't know the answer to the warranty question - I googled "Lisle Torx Warranty" and found some sites selling Lisle tools that say they have a lifetime warranty, but the Lisle site itself says nothing about any warranty. Anyone know if Lisle tools have a lifetime warranty or not?

Clark Bente

Something to remember on lifetime warranty-if the manufacturer has to replace a small number of them for free it's still much cheaper than making millions of them higher quality.
Buy good stuff - regardless of the marketing.

bogus

I haven't broken a Craftsman yet.

But the Ace brand, with warrantee, twisted right off.

The big set I got at Advance Auto has been very good, considering they are made in Taiwan (I think their stuff is much better than Chinese, actually).

I don't want to dis on Lisle, they make some good stuff, I was generally questioning the logic of using Torx bolts in general!

I know the idea behind the Torx concept, but I still don't like it.

Plasticman

OK, my 87 FSM say the rear bearing hubs are held on with T-45 Torx. So which is it - T-45 or T-55????????

Thanks,
Plasticman

bogus

Plastic - it depends on the year. Newer cars got the bigger bolts. I think that happened in 1988.

CFI-EFI

Bull Feathers!
C4's don't get a lot earlier than my June of 1983, 1984 car. My FSM says to use a T45, also, but it takes the same T55 Torx bit all the C4s use. What can one give for diarrhea of the mouth?

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AORoads

Now, now, men, let's agree to disagree and not be disagreeable. OK?

BTW, Dave, that url link to sears isn't working; maybe it's just my computer???/

bogus

What gives you a ****ty attitude?

Have you considered that your car was given a bigger bolt as a result of damage done during a replacement?

CFI-EFI

What is there do disagree about. This isn't theology, where anyone can have a valid opinion. Either they made C4s with two different size bearing bolts, or they didn't. I don't understand the point of wasting the time or the bandwidth making irresponsible, unfounded, false statements. Someone must want to set a record or lead the forum in the number of posts(goodness knows why)... At any cost.

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92Beast

When I look at the link I get a price of $32.99 for this set with free shipping via rebate. Where are you getting the $16.50 price?

CFI-EFI

Turkeys!



All six of them? All on the assembly line? No! I did not consider that. Have you considered that NO one has actually reported having a wheel bearing bolt that DIDN'T take a T55 Torx bit?

RACE ON!!!

bogus

Well, from what I have read, people have referred to the T45 with the early units, and have never commented that it TOOK a T55 to actually remove.

If this is a typo in the Helm, well, that just sucks, now doesn't it.

Which means that the typo lasted until they redesigned the rear suspension in 1988.

As for the ****ty attitude, I suspect you were born with it.

CFI-EFI

There was a flier in my Saturday morning newspaper announcing the sale Dave89CC2 mentioned. That would make it 50% off, as advertised.

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CFI-EFI

Probably! Luckily for me it lays dormant until aggravated by a TURKEY.

RACE ON!!!

bogus

No, it doesn't. You have a ****ty attitude more often than not.

And implying that I am a turkey is beyond laughable.

CFI-EFI

Like in my response to 92Beast?

Why is that "beyond laughable"? What do YOU call someone that makes a post for no good reason that contains nothing but false information?

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92Beast

How about scanning us the add so we an take it in to Sears and get the $16.50 pricing since most of use will have pitched the ad by now.