<VV> Why did they use the Clutch Head

[Hugo Miller]

That makes a kind of sense - I see them as the fore-runner of Torx 
fasteners. But the only place I have found them on my Corvan is the 
shield over the front of the throttle cable, where it would have been 
just as easy to use a socket or flat head screwdriver. I guess there 
were others but they have been replaced over the years.
I well remember when the Ford Cortina MkIII came out in the UK in about 
1970. The head was held on wih Torx bolts. Nobody had seen them before 
and, more importantly, no-one had a clue how to undo them. Torx bits 
weren't readily available at tht time, although I presume the 
dealerships had them.


On 2020-01-03 02:49, Seth Emerson via VirtualVairs wrote:
> The clutch-head screw sticks on the end of a driver tool as you move
> to install it. Same reason as an "allen head" bolt.  Same with torx.
> -Seth
>
>
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> From: Gary Swiatowy via VirtualVairs <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
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> Sent: Thu, Jan 2, 2020 6:22 pm
> Subject: Re: <VV> Why did they use the Clutch Head
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>
> The question was asked, why did they use the clutch head.
> In my opinion the answer is very simple.
>
> Speaking as one who once worked at a car dealer, the reason is to 
> sell
> tools.
> If you were a mechanic, you had to buy them so you could work on the 
> cars.
> There is no other reasonable answer.
>
> Why did they start using torx bits in many different sizes later?
> So the mechanic had to buy them.
> I know I had to.
>
> Think of all the specialty service tools for our Corvairs.
> If you were a Chevy dealer, they were sent to the dealer 
> automatically,
> along with the bill.
> If you wanted to sell the cars, you had to have the tools to work on 
> them.
>
> Part of doing business, but I bet someone somewhere was getting a
> kickback.....
>
> Gary Swiatowy
>
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