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Andy B

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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #15 on: 27 August 2022, 19:34:23 »

They're a Torx. T35 or T40 from memory.

You are incorrect  ::)
It is a Allen key (hex) head as Enceladus and I stated.....

Are you sure Dr G is wrong?  :o :o

I thought he was always right!  ::) ::) ;)
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #16 on: 27 August 2022, 21:05:00 »

Oh yes ;)
I think he needs to get another Omega, if only to refresh his memory......  ;D
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #17 on: 27 August 2022, 23:32:40 »

They're a Torx. T35 or T40 from memory.

You are incorrect  ::)
It is a Allen key (hex) head as Enceladus and I stated.....
It would help to be able to actually see the picture... None of the above links work for me.

As I said, that was from memory, and it is possible that I am mistaken, although I have changed circa 120 pairs of discs over the years, and most have been Torx screws. 🤷‍♂️
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #18 on: 28 August 2022, 09:05:44 »

5mm Allen key , think it was 5 but been a few months since I took the discs off.
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #19 on: 28 August 2022, 09:18:04 »

They're a Torx. T35 or T40 from memory.

You are incorrect  ::)
It is a Allen key (hex) head as Enceladus and I stated.....
It would help to be able to actually see the picture... None of the above links work for me.

As I said, that was from memory, and it is possible that I am mistaken, although I have changed circa 120 pairs of discs over the years, and most have been Torx screws. 🤷‍♂️

Is there a bit of a farmyard smell, or could it be bullshit...? :P
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #20 on: 28 August 2022, 10:44:25 »

WELL, I've owned over 30 cars, and have serviced the brakes on all of them. Most cars have a pair of brakes at either end, and many have done enough miles to require two sets, four if you include the taxis, which takes the total of brake changes up to around 90, added to which, there is other people's cars, which tend to be brake and suspension work.

You believe what ever you want, and I'm sorry that I might get some of the details muddled up, but if I say I have done something, then I actually have. Getting pretty pissed off with having to justify every sing thing just because the likes of you want to pick holes in it for some sort of gratification.
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Re: Retaining screws for rear brake disc
« Reply #21 on: 28 August 2022, 13:06:42 »

In fairness, in reply 17, you did actually accept that you may be mistaken, which is actually a rarity in itself by the way, but my response was not for any form of gratification, but in response to your continual condescending attitude and regular blunt and abrupt replies to many members queries, not only in this topic, but to a vast number of previous topics over the years, which give the impression that you are criticising their lack of knowledge. I'm not the only member to have commented about your approach to subjects - I'm not saying you haven't got experience of these cars, but unless you are 100% certain about the accuracy of your responses, then you shouldn't be so adamant and in many cases belittling with your replies.
Oh, and it doesn't go amiss to accept you're mistaken (as above), rather than in past instances, just going silent and not responding when you've clearly given duff gen and it has been pointed out and confirmed to be duff info. A 'sorry, I may have got it wrong', or 'I'm not certain, but try this', instead of being so adamant that what you say is correct or the only course of action.
We aren't all perfect and can't know everything, but please give accurate information that you actually know is correct, not what you summise is correct, or be so adamant about a response when it's purely 'from memory'.......
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