Re: 5Ktq front half shaft bolt removing tool

["Fred Munro" <munrof@isys.ca>]

-----Original Message-----
From: Fred Munro <munrof@isys.ca>
To: Sonar465 <Sonar465@aol.com>
Cc: quattrolist <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 6:22 PM
Subject: Re: 5Ktq front half shaft bolt removing tool


>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Sonar465 <Sonar465@aol.com>
>To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
>Date: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 10:47 AM
>Subject: 5Ktq front half shaft bolt removing tool
>
>
>>What kind of tool is used on the bolt that hold the front half shafts to
>the
>>tranny.  well I tried an allen key, and torx bit and they are not right.
>what
>>diod Audi doi here.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Jim
>
>Hi Jim;
>    The Snapon dealer I bought mine from called this tool a "foursquare"
>bit. He said he usually only sells them to aircraft mechanics.
>    The tool has 12 serrations in the tip versus 6 in the Torx bit.
>
>HTH
>
>Fred Munro
>'91 200q  251k km
>

    Oops, as other qlisters pointed out, the tool must be a "triplesquare"
not a "foursquare". It even makes sense; triplesquare equals 12 points.
Sorry about the inaccuracy.

Fred Munro