A 25 Torx bit is 25 What???

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Torx bits come in sizes like 15, 25, etc. You may use a 60 for brake calipers. My question is What does the number stand for? A 25 Torx bit can't be 25 mm, that would be an inch. Is it 25/100 inch? I have asked this question to many people, but never got an answer.
 
It is a 25 Torx.

The sky is blue.

Rain is wet.

It just is. ;-)
 
torx was originally made for japanese cars, and so in order to understand the measurement you need to know some japanese culture
the size of a torx bit is the equivalent of the height of the amount of bowls of rice after a sumo wrestler sits on it

a T5 bit then, (meausured across the tips of two opposing point of the star) is just as wide as 5 bowls of rice would be tall after a sumo wrestler sat on it

a T25 bit is as far across as 25 bowls of rice would be tall after the sumo wrestler sits on it

(this does have to be a championship weight sumo wrestler, or it will throw off the conversion)
 
halifaxhops said:
So not midget sumo wrestlers then? I am so confused!
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think of it as a pneumatic equation
when you apply a measured amount of pressure to compress a certain amount of air you get something that can be measured in PSI (pounds per square inch)

i guess torx then is measured in HOR (Height Of Rice)

you add the more rice, it will be taller BUT if you lower the pressure (by changing the proper weight sumo wrestler with a midget for instance) it will also get taller, and that will throw off the chart

i really dont know how much clearer to explain it
 
Got it thanks, need to get one for the shop now.........
 
Actually a good question I cannot find a thing on it I guess Diy is the man@!
 
google did nothing for me either...but i still had fun playing
 
That the round eye under the rice bowls cry muffled and he is saying off of um? Do not think HF has a side box big enough for one, dam was going to go to home depot and pick one up!
 
I was looking for a torx socket a m9 I think for the bolt that holds the sider gear shafr on a dana 30, they do not make one, have to get it fron Jeep, no set has one at all, even toolmanmike could not find one.
 
diymirage said:
torx was originally made for japanese cars, and so in order to understand the measurement you need to know some japanese culture
the size of a torx bit is the equivalent of the height of the amount of bowls of rice after a sumo wrestler sits on it

a T5 bit then, (meausured across the tips of two opposing point of the star) is just as wide as 5 bowls of rice would be tall after a sumo wrestler sat on it

a T25 bit is as far across as 25 bowls of rice would be tall after the sumo wrestler sits on it

(this does have to be a championship weight sumo wrestler, or it will throw off the conversion)
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DIY, you did it again. You had me going for a second there. I have even asked a few Snap On and Matco tool truck drivers.
 
The number system was developed to match Torx bits with appropriate fasteners by means of a non unitized system where the lowest size is for smallest fastener and largest to largest. Intermediate sizes are in order of size and number, but not necessarily proportional. To further the confusion, non matching external torx numbering system was created...



Yea, I got Nothin. LOL

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The number before the Torx is equivalent to the fraction of a mm that is the length of the male member of the person used to set the diameter . Basically you take that 25 mm and divide it by 1000, this gives you the length of the ***** used to set the measurement. Still bigger than @ScampMike :icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::rofl:
 
dukeboy_318 said:
The number before the Torx is equivalent to the fraction of a mm that is the length of the male member of the person used to set the diameter . Basically you take that 25 mm and divide it by 1000, this gives you the length of the ***** used to set the measurement. Still bigger than @ScampMike :icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::rofl:
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The fact that you know that is disturbing, to say the least
 
dukeboy_318 said:
The number before the Torx is equivalent to the fraction of a mm that is the length of the male member of the person used to set the diameter . Basically you take that 25 mm and divide it by 1000, this gives you the length of the ***** used to set the measurement. Still bigger than @ScampMike :icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::icon_fU::rofl:
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well I see you're feeling better there webbly wobbly likes to go down:poke:
 
diymirage said:
The fact that you know that is disturbing, to say the least
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Dude?! How could you miss it?!?! He broadcasts his lack of size with the chebby hood on his Mopar!!!!!
ScampMike said:
well I see you're feeling better there webbly wobbly likes to go down:poke:
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actually no, I go for some more tests this Saturday

ScampMike said:
the idea that he thinks he knows anything about ANYTHING is disturbing.. besides, I'm pretty dang sure it's an attempt at diverting attention away from his own *ahem* - family tree
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My family tree is jacked up, first to admit it
 
halifaxhops said:
I was looking for a torx socket a m9 I think for the bolt that holds the sider gear shafr on a dana 30, they do not make one, have to get it fron Jeep, no set has one at all, even toolmanmike could not find one.
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That would be an eaton socket not torx Mercedes uses a lot of these style bolts.

Brian
 
bcschief said:
That would be an eaton socket not torx Mercedes uses a lot of these style bolts.

Brian
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Triple square? Ribe? I remember searching. It was a 6 point spline?

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