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  • "Cheese headed bolts"
  • wwaswas
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    from my VW Beetle Haynes manual in the section on engine removal.

    Are there official ‘cheese headed bolts’ or was one of their writers having a bad day?

    stevomcd
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    Cheese headed usually means a round head with a slot for a flat screwdriver (I think).

    rockthreegozy
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    Does it not just mean they are made of a soft material, so you should use a good quality socket to remove them?

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    rockthreegozy
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    Well, my reasoning was ok.. but defined here

    wwaswas
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    Ah, I would have called it a set screw.

    Wozza
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    Cheese headed bolts are also what Shimano supply with their rotors.

    coffeeking
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    Set screws generally are fully threaded, right up including the head if it’s a grub screw (designed to sink into the item and keep going).
    Screws mate with an internal thread or make their own thread, bolts have a nut on the end.

    Cheese headed – head looks like a full cheese – cyl with a slot
    Different from socket head – an allen bolt/screw.

    smiffy
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    grubscrew doesn’t have a head?

    WTF
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    Allen headed bolts are the new cheeseheads.
    And your manual is perfectly correct.

    HTH

    coffeeking
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    grubscrew doesn’t have a head?

    Badly articulated, that’s what I meant by it being threaded "including the head". Woudlnt be much use having a threaded head if it wasnt the same diameter as the shaft, but it has to have a head or else it can’t be driven – so to me the head is still present, its just the same diam as the shank 🙂

    And actually everyone seems to be replacing allen headed bolts with damn Torx bolts. They are better but do confuse if you cant see the screw/bolt you’re working on.

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