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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:03:15 PM EDT
[#1]
Never seen that befo, and I've seen some shit. Can't imagine it was very tight.
Measure the threads and get a normal bolt. Curious what it came off of. |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:08:33 PM EDT
[#2]
Figure out what the threads are and replace it with a normal bolt.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:12:04 PM EDT
[#3]
Aside from replacing it with a normal bolt, if you can get a hammer and punch in there to tap it tight, I'd just use that.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:16:27 PM EDT
[#4]
That is a fastener I've never seen before, and I've seen some unusual ones. I'm curious to know if it was intended to be that way, and was supplied that way on a piece of machinery.
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:19:07 PM EDT
[#5]
metric vice grips
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:27:55 PM EDT
[#6]
 Google "Universal Socket" |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:54:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryThis is exactly the same thing I thought of to at least give a shot. $10 for something to have around on the odd occasions you find something like that, or an eyebolt or a wing nut and other strange. That 3/4" size, or whatever the default is, is too small for the eye bolts I need to drive in but it barely catches them and works. I'm thinking of getting the 1 1/4", and they have both sizes as a kit for $24 @ Amazon This one: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07V38WRQ5 |
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Posted: 12/2/2021 11:59:51 PM EDT
[#8]
It was probably designed so some asshole wouldn't torque the shit out of it.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:04:33 AM EDT
[#9]
Yup 10mm just as I suspected good luck finding a socket or wrench
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:07:03 AM EDT
[#10]
Heat it up and press your reverser handle on the red hot bolt.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:08:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:09:53 AM EDT
[#12]
Just weld a nut on top of it.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:17:00 AM EDT
[#13]
Tri-head security bolt
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:25:26 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Heat it up and press your reverser handle on the red hot bolt. I don’t think that would work with the “reverser” that I use.  Attached File |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:26:56 AM EDT
[#15]
Is it what's on the back side of this?
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:29:10 AM EDT
[#16]
Unfinished pentabolt that found its way out into the world?
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:30:14 AM EDT
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Just weld a nut on top of it. 
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:32:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: This is exactly the same thing I thought of to at least give a shot. $10 for something to have around on the odd occasions you find something like that, or an eyebolt or a wing nut and other strange. That 3/4" size, or whatever the default is, is too small for the eye bolts I need to drive in but it barely catches them and works. I'm thinking of getting the 1 1/4", and they have both sizes as a kit for $24 @ Amazon This one: www.amazon.com/dp/B07V38WRQ5 https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B07V38WRQ5 Gator Grips are awesome for eyebolts and hooks, not sure I have actually used it for anything other than that though. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:39:18 AM EDT
[#19]
Weld a piece of rebar to it.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:41:54 AM EDT
[#20]
There is a little wrench that looks a lot like a hydrant wrench for those spawns of the devil. We had them on some control boxes when I worked for L3, almost 20 years ago. If I remember right, a tap handle worked in a pinch. I dont remember any sockets though.
Ill hunt through my tools and see if I still have one in the AM. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:47:23 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: There is a little wrench that looks a lot like a hydrant wrench for those spawns of the devil. We had them on some control boxes when I worked for L3, almost 20 years ago. If I remember right, a tap handle worked in a pinch. I dont remember any sockets though. Ill hunt through my tools and see if I still have one in the AM. I've never seen a socket for those bolts either. This is the wrench I've used on them: 
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:49:14 AM EDT
[#22]
Socket on the left looks like a match
 http://www.toolsinstock.com/TRXStar_Socket__Security_Bit_Set_23pc--product--18036.html |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:51:43 AM EDT
[#23]
It can't stick if it's liquid....
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Posted: 12/3/2021 1:00:03 AM EDT
[#24]
Find a socket that is barely too small, heat up socket with torch until it is bright red, hammer socket onto bolt.
You now have a custom made socket that fits perfectly. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 1:25:35 AM EDT
[#25]
Do you guys actually still use the old SF skeleton keys anywhere? I only know of one lock "near" me that still uses it, but it's at a different terminal.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 4:50:30 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Do you guys actually still use the old SF skeleton keys anywhere? I only know of one lock "near" me that still uses it, but it's at a different terminal. Well, we were the BN before the merger so no, we never used ATSF locks of any kind up here. At the time of the merger, we did still have a bunch of the old BN Adlake locks that used brass keys still in use and into the 2000s. But I think the last of them disappeared about 10-15 years ago. Everything is the S&G high security environmental lock now. I quit carrying the brass key on my gear a long time ago. I do still have a bunch on my master key ring that stays in my grip. That key on my vest is BNSF marked and fits the BN Adlake type locks. I noticed it laying in the ballast last year and picked it up and put it on the ring with my 105 and locomotive keys just because. When I was working in Texas on former ATSF territory in 1997, it seemed like all they were using was the old Adlake style locks. Pretty sure the S&G 105 lock has been standardized everywhere now. Weirdly enough, I think the CN still has the Adlake style locks in widespread use. I have various CN and CP keys from when I worked in Canada. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 5:07:03 AM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Pipe wrench, or throw it away and replace it with a normal bolt. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 5:28:08 AM EDT
[#28]
Easy out extraction socket.
Fuck whomever designed that shit. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 5:29:20 AM EDT
[#29]
Hammer a socket onto it
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Posted: 12/3/2021 6:14:35 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/3/2021 6:28:50 AM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Easy, weld a standard nut to the top of it. Easier, buy a different bolt. Its already out. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 6:29:47 AM EDT
[#32]
A very senior Army logistician once told me, “If you need something you don’t have, it’s because you’re trying to do something you’re not supposed to do.”
eddiemurphypointingathead.jpg |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 6:34:35 AM EDT
[#33]
I'm guessing it is custom made specifically for the equipment manufacturer of the equipment you found it on.
The manufacturer may or may not offer sockets to fit it, but my guess would be they don't make them available to the public. If you let us know the equipment manufacturers name, it may help. Regardless, if/when you do find the name of that specific bolt head type, please update this thread for those of us who are curious. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 6:47:32 AM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryThere are better versions of needle sockets. If the torque required is low enough, that one will probably work. Proprietary security sockets seem like a good idea at the time. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 7:02:36 AM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Yeah, I know where. I use a penta socket everyday. Pedestals and transformers (pad mounts) use that exclusively . Snap On You don't have to buy those. If you drive around and pay attention, soon enough you will find one sitting on top of a padmount or still on the bolt head.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 7:03:15 AM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't think that would work with the "reverser" that I use. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2117/F6AE62B3-63C2-4688-8CEC-2D837D5C569C_jpe-2190035.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Heat it up and press your reverser handle on the red hot bolt. I don't think that would work with the "reverser" that I use. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2117/F6AE62B3-63C2-4688-8CEC-2D837D5C569C_jpe-2190035.JPG What's the hump button do? |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 7:10:38 AM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don’t think that would work with the “reverser” that I use. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2117/F6AE62B3-63C2-4688-8CEC-2D837D5C569C_jpe-2190035.JPG Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Heat it up and press your reverser handle on the red hot bolt. I don’t think that would work with the “reverser” that I use. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/2117/F6AE62B3-63C2-4688-8CEC-2D837D5C569C_jpe-2190035.JPG Hump it |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 7:46:04 AM EDT
[#38]
Quoted: Is it what's on the back side of this? https://rrtools.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/terminal-insulated-wrench.jpg I have locks for both ends of this. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 8:50:20 AM EDT
[#39]
Plasma Wrench.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 9:07:00 AM EDT
[#40]
Go have a conversation with your local Signal guy?
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Posted: 12/3/2021 9:29:03 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A very senior Army logistician once told me, “If you need something you don’t have, it’s because you’re trying to do something you’re not supposed to do.” and that is how we ended up outsourcing much of our maintenance to civilians |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 9:42:11 AM EDT
[#42]
I know less now than when I started this thread. Is that because I'm not supposed to know?
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Posted: 12/3/2021 9:56:39 AM EDT
[#43]
I can't believe Arfcom is stumped. Strange times are afoot. (...runs to recheck asteroid impact projections...)
ETA: only possible explanation is that this tool is of extraterrestrial origin, placed on Earth to confuse and confound the population in preparation for upcoming domination. It is well beyond our current technology to produce - further bolstered by the Machinist's Theorem: "If it's not in the McMaster Carr catalog, it doesn't exist". |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 9:57:21 AM EDT
[#44]
Mine came from Snap on.
I use it often. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 10:43:23 AM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've never seen a socket for those bolts either. This is the wrench I've used on them: https://i.imgur.com/Qnthm9N.jpg |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 11:02:06 AM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Would a 10mm work? he'd probably have better luck finding the proprietary socket!
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Posted: 12/3/2021 12:24:49 PM EDT
[#47]
I've never seen one quite like that.
Possibly made by Bryce Security Fastener out of Gilbert, AZ. - they make all kinds of custom specialty security/tamper proof fasteners. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 1:37:36 PM EDT
[#48]
Remove with vise grip, replace with standard bolt.
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Posted: 12/3/2021 1:40:24 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/80518/71FAJqeW-6L__AC_SL1500__jpg-2189950.JPG Maybe this would work. Tagging right here so I can consider those for work. |
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Posted: 12/3/2021 1:55:18 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: A very senior Army logistician once told me, “If you need something you don’t have, it’s because you’re trying to do something you’re not supposed to do.” eddiemurphypointingathead.jpg Until the part you would want replaced instead of repaired is back ordered 18 months because Tobyhanna sucks balls. Kharn |
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