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[–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Snap the bolt before you ever strip the screw. I hate regular alan keys, torx should be the default everywhere. I did lose too many torx bits when impacting though

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have no idea how you managed to overtorque a torx honestly. Especially since you say alan key doesn't do that. Alan keys are okay-ish when used on M5 and more. But stripping smaller screws than that is so common it's almost useless. Also good alan keys have a small ball bearing on them on the ball side which lets you hold the screw on it or "free spin" as you call it.

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