BITD I replaced the Japanese crosshead engine casing bolts on a few Jap bikes I owned at the time.TheBomber wrote: ↑2 Jul 2022, 6:05pmCould that be because they weren’t Phillips heads, but JIS standard cross heads? You get them on Shimano products too and Phillips head screwdrivers always twist out, damaging the head on the way.simonineaston wrote: ↑2 Jul 2022, 11:07am Japanese motorbike engine. Their otherwise excellent motors seemed always to be spoilt, hap'eth of tar-wise, by really crummy Phillips head bolts
On buying my first set(for a new 1968 CD175 Honda IIRC)was advised by the knowledgable chap who worked at Millers in Wigan,to buy the correct T handled screw driver with the set of Allen bolts to remove the 'cheesy' bolts fitted by the factory,which worked a treat on a subsequent number of motorcycles and a few of my mates bikes at the time.
I still have that T handled screwy