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Re: [T3] Cooling tin screws


On 25 Aug 2003 at 21:59, Dave Hall wrote:

> > Are you sure they are Torx? I thought Torx was a US design and not metric.
> > There's a much older metric head that looks like a Torx but it's called an
> XZN.

> Is XZN the proper name for the 12-point spline socket like the CV joints use?

Yes, at least that's the name used in my Zelenda Metrics catalog, and they have 
always seemed like they stuck pretty closely to the DIN specs and designations. 
OTOH, I've never run across this term elsewhere. Sounds like something we 
should run thru Google just to see what comes up.

Now that I look at it, it sounds like it should be the model of the next tire I 
buy from Michelin.   ;-)

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