IMHO. torx heads are the sex of bolt heads. i am sick and tired of Philips screw drivers. they are an old and outdated technology that refuses to die.

hex heads are good also but ive broken of so many of my ball headed ones trying to break intake manifold bolts. im just tired of it.

torx just makes everything easier except when all the bolts aren't torx, as in your case.

i just took apart my cell phone today to get at a broken piece that was vibrating. stripped every single Gdamn philips screw in there. if they were torx that wouldn't have happened. because you can apply so much more torque to them.

if someone has ever stripped a torx head. please tell me

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