DCT Filter
Mar 16, 2020 | 02:21 PM
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DCT Filter
In order to access the DCT filter you have to remove a number of bolts from the large cover.. The bolts are not SAE or metric heads or torx. My mechanic told me the name but I forgot what he said. He did not have a socket to fit them, but said he will order one.
Mar 16, 2020 | 02:32 PM
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Did he say if they are hex head ??
Mar 16, 2020 | 02:51 PM
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Mar 16, 2020 | 02:53 PM
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Wingnuts?
Mar 16, 2020 | 02:56 PM
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Pics online look totally normal.
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Mar 16, 2020 | 02:59 PM
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*C7*
Did he say if they are hex head ??
They are not hex head
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:00 PM
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Pics online look totally normal.
What do you mean by normal?
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:01 PM
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Wingnuts?
No not wing nuts, that would be too easy.
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Mar 16, 2020 | 03:18 PM
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What do you mean by normal?
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:22 PM
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Star?
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:31 PM
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Those require a Torx socket.
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:33 PM
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Looks like a female torx socket is whats needed
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:33 PM
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Those require a Torx socket.
Yeah...female Torx. A little rare, but not unusual
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Mar 16, 2020 | 03:37 PM
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Yeah...female Torx. A little rare, but not unusual
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:48 PM
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Harbor Freight also has a big selection of them
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:51 PM
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CRABBYJ
Yep. GM Autos use those internally, had to buy a set of sockets when I rebuilt the 6L80 Trans in my Tahoe.
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:56 PM
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+1 torx socket.....
Did your mechanic ask you to order it?
Mar 16, 2020 | 03:59 PM
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It seems weird that they put unusual heads on fasteners like this. Anyone who needs to remove those fasteners will just go and buy the tools needed to do the job. Why not save them the effort and just put standard fasteners on there.
Mar 16, 2020 | 04:07 PM
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Those sockets are female by default. Us old guys never said " get me a 1/2 inch female deep socket". My useless reply of the day
Mar 16, 2020 | 04:12 PM
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It seems weird that they put unusual heads on fasteners like this. Anyone who needs to remove those fasteners will just go and buy the tools needed to do the job. Why not save them the effort and just put standard fasteners on there.
That style head works well with automated torque wrenches used in assembly..
DCT Filter
