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Title: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by Mr. Hyde on 07/17/08 at 09:05:57 This question was asked before but I don't think it got an answer. What size are the 4 soft metal OEM screws on the carb that everyone suggests should be replaced with allen head screws. I can't get the allen head replacements locally and have to order them but I have no clue what size to specify. Thanks

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by bill67 on 07/17/08 at 14:13:30 #2

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by Toymaker on 07/17/08 at 16:25:49 I think they are metric 5mmX.85 I think.  You can get them from most any GOOD bicycle shop. Just take one with you and see.  We use them to hold bottle cages and stuff on.

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by bruno on 07/17/08 at 16:32:46 Mr. Hyde ,  I took my carb completely off and used a pair of vise-grips to get them off . worked pretty good and a lot quicker . I stripped one out and they are very veeeeeeeeerrrrryyy soft ! You will strip them with a screw driver .

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by Sandy Koocanusa on 07/17/08 at 20:37:36 I wonder if the lousy hardware was a development later in the Savage's life?  I have opened the carbs on both my '87 and '88 without a problem, then reused the same screws.

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by Toymaker on 07/18/08 at 03:09:27 me too.  Although they are looking a bit used, I still use the ole #2 phillips on them...even if I want to change them to cap screws.

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by SuziQ on 07/18/08 at 08:15:06 122E2312293F2B272D2334460 wrote: me too.  Although they are looking a bit used, I still use the ole #2 phillips on them...even if I want to change them to cap screws. The Japanese have their own phillips and is slightly different in the flutes from our #l and # 2's etc.......It is identified by a small dot or punch mark on the head of the screw itself.  I don't have the engineering number of the drive bit at this moment but it is id'd by the designation JASO followed by their number.  It might be easy to look at a screw on a body part such as a lamp or trim scew to see this small dot on the head.  For most purposes our phillips or apex # 2 bit will suffice but if there is a corrosion, seizure or overtorquing problem you definetly need the proper Japanese bit.  A Snap On catalogue would be a good place to start.

Title: Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Post by Digger on 08/06/08 at 21:28:54 04222D3E06570 wrote: The Japanese have their own phillips and is slightly different in the flutes from our #l and # 2's etc.......It is identified by a small dot or punch mark on the head of the screw itself.  I don't have the engineering number of the drive bit at this moment but it is id'd by the designation JASO followed by their number.  It might be easy to look at a screw on a body part such as a lamp or trim scew to see this small dot on the head.  For most purposes our phillips or apex # 2 bit will suffice but if there is a corrosion, seizure or overtorquing problem you definetly need the proper Japanese bit.  A Snap On catalogue would be a good place to start. +1 Not a lot of people realize this. Here is a source I used to get these JIS Phillips screwdrivers: Ames (http://www.amessupply.com/products1.cfm?aid=1&cid=D&sid=DE&fid=1404070) IHTH someone!

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