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Step 30 TORX® 3-lobe

[[br]]Torx 3-Lobed screws and screwdrivers that have triangle-shaped sockets and heads are used in the Netherlands and cannot be found in North America. (Not at all sure of the icon or the information, need confirmation on this, as I could not find out much).[[br]]

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[Chicagogoat]

This is the only place on the web I could find this screw head. I'm an HVAC/Boiler guy and I make regular trips to the junk yard to turn in copper and bronze valves, fittings, pump housings, etc.

Anyway, I keep all the leaky relief valves that I replace and strip them for thier brass housing. Some of them use tamper proof Torx or even Clutch G screws to secure the valve/spring assembly to the brass housing. But alot of them have these Torx 3-lobe screws that I've used larger Tri-wing bits to remove them but eventually the bit gets ruined and those aren't the easiest to come by either. Torx 3-lobe are impossible to come by and now I'm forced to just sawzall 'em off. Here's a couple pics.