 How to remove Badges? special tool needed?
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Greenhorn
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Greenhorn
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Ive bought some different mouth organ-ish style tank badges with rubbers, but when i went to put them on today I see the badges are secured by two star shaped screws but there is a raise 'nipple' in the middle, so muy various tools dont do the job, is there a special tool to metod to removing these - can they be re-used once removed?
cheers
Simon
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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You need security bits readily available at a place that sells tools. They are a normal star bit with a hole in the center for that little post in the middle. Other than that they are normal reusable screws.
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Re: How to remove Badges? special tool needed?
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I live in the sun downunder
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I live in the sun downunder
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You need a Torq security key. I think the size is T27 
FrankW
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Greenhorn
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Thanks guys! off to the tool shop tommorrow morning then..
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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I just checked mine from the toolbox and it's a Torx T25.
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I live in the sun downunder
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I live in the sun downunder
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I just checked mine from the toolbox and it's a Torx T25.
You are right Keith, where did I get T27 from.
If I remember rightly it was you that gave me the T25 size when I changed mine. 
FrankW
Ex Speedmaster rider, went to the Dark Side now riding an America.
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Stickman Yogi
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Stickman Yogi
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Hey, at least I'm good for something, eh Frank. Forgot to say Security Torx although that was mentioned above.
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Frank must of had the sun in his eyes when he checked that Torx bit. A lot of sun in your eyes and warm temperatures have been know to cause blindness in Aussies  as well as impaired judgement..... We should know....he communicates with us 
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Re: How to remove Badges? special tool needed?
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I live in the sun downunder
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I live in the sun downunder
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Frank must of had the sun in his eyes when he checked that Torx bit. A lot of sun in your eyes and warm temperatures have been know to cause blindness in Aussies as well as impaired judgement.....
We should know....he communicates with us
Might have had the sun in my eyes, but that was inbetween thunderstorms.
If the amount of rain we have had was turned into snow it would be 10 metres deep. 
FrankW
Ex Speedmaster rider, went to the Dark Side now riding an America.
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Yep....now he's an expert on snow..... told yah he has problems. 
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Greenhorn
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cheers guys, Ive now got a T27 and a T25 on their way from good old ebay, can never have too many tools!
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