Nah, you have just enough room to get a small pair of vise grips on it, don't yuh? If not, take a dremel with a cutting wheel and slot the screw.

Or thro it against the wall and go to the junk yard, - like you said.

Yea, -I haven't purchased a set of those damn safety Torx yet, can you tell ? The alternative is more entertaining anyway.

 

haha i tried the vise grips but just kept grinding the sides of the screw and not catching or biting to turn it.
i neve thought of making o slot for a flat head tho. i might try that. (if the cel comes back on) but im just guna leave it alone for now.

o belive me i almost threw it up against the wall a couple times.

 

Oh yeah, I been out that way once in my life. drought, reservations, and nuclear missile silos every 5 miles. I can see how home remedies would be the way to go. Whatever it takes, get r dun

 

Tamper proof torx bits = priceless I too tried to remove them using alternative ways but just broke down and bought a set.

 

i think the grinder to make em into flat had screws is the way to go.

 

Until you come upon more where a grinder wheel cant fit.....Besides i dont have a disc that small/thin...But for the slotted idea!

 

ah theres only 2 screws im worryin about.

 

Okay, there is a quicker way, - if you don't want to purchase the proper torx. I imagine most without has done it this way in the past. A little carbide dremel burr works best. Dremel is the only supplier I've seen that has a 1/8 burr. I use it quite a bit, - beats the hell out of a cobalt bit. If you use it in a die grinder, it will run right thru #8 broken bolts, - which seem to be harder than any cobalt drill bit I own lol.

Anyway , back to the MAF screws. Quikist way without the right tool and with a half way decent drill bit. Just go in on a slight angle and that center safty knobby deal will bust off every time. Yea , no need to try to drill it down, - it will snap off if you get your angle right.

Then replace those screws with a Philips head type. I use Cooper coated machine screws myself. Philips.

 

A little late to the party but thanks for the advice

 

Man, I've never seen so much talk about security torx. I fool with them all day long on the job. But I have the right equipment. But in my younger days, I would have just gotten me a flathead, just the right size and crammed it in there sideways, pushing down with a pair of vise-grips on the screwdriver. What the hell? Shoot, if I could remove a chainlink on my motorcycle on the side of the road with a rusty nail and a rock, and then shorten it and put it back together, then drive back home, you could master the security torx. You can even break off the tit in the center with the right pair of needlenose and patience.