• SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    Hex already fit that niche.

    Torx was just so they could make wood screws that weren’t Robertson and it bled out from there.

    • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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      9 days ago

      Torx bits are waaaay stronger than hex. Like double the surface area and tapered to work when corroded.

      My 30 year old VW axles with hex bolts were a nightmare. The new ones are all Torx or 12pt.

      I ended to driving an oversized Torx but into the nearly stripped hex bolts to finally remove them.