i got an oe cap and rotor kit and omg i went to about 7 places for a socket to fit the bolt its a reverse torx in 1/8 size and idk where i can get it, can anyone help? and is this the same one on the car!?

 

SK Tools makes a set of female torx sockets. You can get them from Sears.

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...subcat=Sockets

-Mindgame

 

yes

IIRC, its an inverted torx, E4, only one I have seen(I bought it) that works wityhout modifying is the Snap-On deepwell 1/4" drive E4, I can get you mthe part number monday if you want it



Edit:

here it is
STLE40

description:
Deep design allows access to hard to reach bolts found on GM, Ford and Chrysler steering columns with air bags. Needed to service GM ABITS distributor on 1992 thru 1995 GM, LT1 350 V8 engines.




http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....store&tool=all


Edit #2:

looks like the SK one will work good too, the thing is, you need one that is deepwell, and knecked down for most of its length

 

thank you so much! ive put at least 150 miles on the car and even went to a gm dealer too and any store i can think of! lol

 

Here's another trick. Take one of the stock throttle body plate torx screws out and put the thread end in a set of Vicegrips (only 2-3 threads worth). Voila - an opti disassembling tool .

You can grind down the screw to get it back into the TB plate.

Ryan

 

Good plan

I went to Ace bought a torx bolt double nutted it and used a socket.

 

DAMNIT! lol i just bought the socket like 5 minutes right before you said that! haha

p.s. wait there are only 2 of those long torz ones and 2 little screw right? im trying to make sure if the one from autozone is missing any pieces

 

i managed to get my opti off with a shallow socket e4 that i picked up off ebay

 

there are 4 holding the cap on, and 2 real small ones on the rotor

 

so 4 torx ones? because i only have 2 in the box... should i reuse the old ones?

 

where do i get the tool for the 2 small ones? i really need to finish this tomorrow morning im almost there... what should i do if 2 of the torx ones holding the cap are corroded and wont come out

 

The 2 small ones holding the rotor are T9 Torx bits, good luck finding those. I went to sears and got a cheapy $5 Torx set that had the T9 on it, thats the only one that had it.

 

More info:

My first blown out stock rotor, this happened at the track and caused me to flat bed the car home.
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/optitrashed.JPG

In a hurry I replaced with aftermarket opti from autoparts store, which ended up a very bad idea because it through my timing way off. (POS)
Installed a GM replacement, worked fine.

Untill second blow out (again towed home from track), this time replace with MSD which comes with a little tool to take out the stock E4 bolts.

http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_MSD1.JPG
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_MSD2.JPG
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_MSD3.JPG
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_MSD4.JPG
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_trash1.JPG
http://www.jlturbo.com/pics/Opti_trash/Opti_trash2.JPG