All puns intended!

 

I’ve tried getting the screws for the bonnet catch with my ratchet screwdriver and they wouldn’t budge. Tried a bit of WD40 on there, didn’t make any difference either.

 

do I need to try a different tool or just try a man to shift it

6 minutes ago, Wench said:

All puns intended!

 

I’ve tried getting the screws for the bonnet catch with my ratchet screwdriver and they wouldn’t budge. Tried a bit of WD40 on there, didn’t make any difference either.

 

do I need to try a different tool or just try a man to shift it

If the wife needs a top removing from a Jar she always calls for backup as it appears this qualifies as a man's job. Honey jar on Friday, Beetroot jar on Thursday. I would therefore try plan B.

Use the Torx bit in a 1/4" or 3/8" drive adaptor with a short ratchet, or buy some T bar torx wrenches.

 

Most torx fasteners like that one should be thought of as a torx bolt and not a screw and you use the relevant tool.

Give the top of each screw a few sharp taps, drench in WD, then try tightening them before loosening, once you have movement, work the screw back and forth until you can remove it.

You need an impact driver not a ratchet.

9 minutes ago, RicardoM said:

You need an impact driver not a ratchet.

One of these? 

 

https://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-mixed-impact-screwdriver-bit-set-32-pcs/12492?tc=UB7&ds_kid=92700043548265835&ds_rl=1244066&ds_rl=1241687&ds_rl=1245250&ds_rl=1245250&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlPnszti-5AIVSUHTCh2ClQdbEAkYCyABEgLjRfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds#product_additional_details_container

Those are only the bits, you need the tool to drive them.

Something like this

The tool hammers and rotates.

Edited 7 September, 20196 yr by RicardoM

If you were talking about a countersunk machine screw with a burred Phillips recess securing a brake disc or anything with a similar mass behind it then I would agree with you, but in this case on a sheet steel bonnet with a perfectly intact but stibborn Torx recess all the OP needs is a more torque thant they can apply with a screwdriver and that means a small amount of leverage be it from a T handle driver or stubby ratchet or whatever.

 

Respectfully an impact driver has no utility in this instance.

To save you finding out … if you have a small socket set with metric and imperial sockets the 1/4" socket will take most of the standard bits from screwdriver sets, it won't hold them in properly like a holder should, but its good enough to get it shifting. I would think the second you break the initial lock / stuck on bond it will come off easily. I agree with J.R. who posted above me. This will be simple with a bit more leverage. 

 

Also I note you are in Hull, East coast men might struggle anyway, a proper West coast man might be needed to sort that. 😎

4 minutes ago, VRS_White_Hatch said:

Also I note you are in Hull, East coast men might struggle anyway, a proper West coast man might be needed to sort that. 😎

 

Northern nonsense, East coast is much colder and windier, as a Southern softie I know this through bitter personal experience.

A longer bar (breaker bar) or a tube of something stout to extend the handle of your ratchet.

If you cant get those screws out with a bit in a 1/4" ratchet you need to have a word with yourself, I don't think they require a breaker bar 

 

I like the screwdrivers that come with the 1/4" drive in the top as you can use them for speed and then when you come across something tight you just pop the ratchet in the top.

Edited 8 September, 20196 yr by SuperbTWM

Torx although they are acclaimed to have a lot more advantages that hex is for me the most dreaded type of fastener. They strip very very easily if the tool is not of the highest quality and they also ain't durable. In the end though I would use 50/50 acetone transmission fluid mix on them and the just get a good long tool to break them loose. 

@Wench - As others about using a Torx on a 1/4 drive ratchet. Also, use a proper dismantling lubricant such as PlusGas, rather than a water dispersant!

If you are worried about the "screwdriver" bits falling out of the 1/4 drive suitable socket, wrap some sticky tape round the bit and socket combo, as that could save you needing to try to recover the dropped bit from the dark regions!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/26-Pc-Screwdriver-Socket-Set-Ratchet-Bit-Torx-Philips-Hex-Screw-1-4-Drive-01525/222338941944?epid=2091616653&hash=item33c46f03f8:g:hh0AAOSw7GRZJEgZ

 

Little set like these would be fine