SuzukiSavage.com - Size of the phillips screws on the carb???

Mr. Hyde Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 565 Kingston, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? 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
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Reply #1 - 07/17/08 at 14:13:30 #2
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Reply #2 - 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.
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bruno YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 19	Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Reply #3 - 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 .
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Sandy Koocanusa Serious Thumper Offline Don't blame me. I didn't vote for him. Posts: 1878 Bigfork, MT Gender:	Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Reply #4 - 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.
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Toymaker Serious Thumper Offline Dragon Rider Posts: 1534 Granite Falls, NC Gender:	Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb??? Reply #5 - 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.
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Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb???
Reply #6 - 07/18/08 at 08:15:06

Toymaker wrote 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.

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.

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Re: Size of the phillips screws on the carb???
Reply #7 - 08/06/08 at 21:28:54

SuziQ wrote on 07/18/08 at 08:15:06:

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.

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Not a lot of people realize this.

Here is a source I used to get these JIS Phillips screwdrivers:

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