Snapping Torx Sockets.

Also HEAT those first. There is typically thread locker on them and you should replace these bolts each time anyway. Heat the hell out of them and impact driver off

You need a manual impact, one that you hit with a hammer.

You need a quality impact rated Torx bit. Not those. Those Pittsburg use cheap weak steel and the others are a softer steel. Not impact grade quality tool steel. Major difference in strength. Then use it on an impact screwdriver.

Heat them to soften the loctite. You can hold a soldering iron against the head of the bolt for a couple of minutes, a heat gun, or a blow torch on really low. You don't want to get too much heat in the bearings or damage the finish on the wheel. Plan on replacing the bolts ...

The bolts have Red thread locker on them (Locktite) they require 500°F to 550°F to remove.

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-bit-impact-screwdriver-set-with-case-64812.html

Do these have like red loctite on them? Heat it up first.

It doesn’t help that ur using chinesium sockets but the major factor here is not heating them up first. Heat is always your friend

Get some PB Blaster and use a manual impact driver, I bet they'll come right out. https://preview.redd.it/7owgrkxirxog1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=17b7cfd900f866a9497857a80159d177222c1a85 The hammers in electric impacts aren't all that heavy.

Were they lock tighted on? If/then, try an electric heat gun, to melt the lock tite.

Grip edge + impact screwdriver. You'll never look back. Expensive, but 100% worth it.

those bits look really worn out

You need some heat, those are loctited usually, plumbers blow lamp is fine doesn't take much to soften the loctite

You need to burn out the threadlocker on motorcycle brakes. they are installed with red threadlocker to resist the extreme vibrations of road noise, which makes them damn near impossible to get out without heat

You need a hammered impact driver. You hit it with a hammer and it applies all the force at once and breaks those free without much of an issue

Try sticking a bit in there, then hitting it with a hammer before you remove it. When I dismantled cars, this is how I’d get off brake rotors and door lock actuators. Couple hard whacks with a mini sledge and they come out with minimal effort They also make an impact screwdr...


Looks like you need an adamantium steel torx.

Torx suck big time euro car's use them biggest pos fastener I have ever had to put up with. Oh give me an allen key anytime at least then I have a fighting chance.

Good effort! I've snapped off loads of pozi bits but never a T45. You really, really don't want to damage the bolt heat though. As others have said, heat.

Have you tried shocking the threads/breaking up any rust in there by putting the socket bit into the bolts and with no or a SMALL amount of rotational force (like as soon as it resists don't push it) to hit the bit socket with a hammer? There's even some air hammer attachments...

Insert torx bits, hit it with a hammer 1-2 times and the screw usually loosens more easily

Lots of people are saying heat, but I don't see anyone saying why. Loctite breaks down at around 500 degrees and will then release the bolt. It might be the only way to get these out as the loctite might hold better than the strength of any bit you throw at it.

heat them up and hit them with a hammer first

If you’ve got an air hammer there’s a bit that you can buy that accepts a 3/8 drive on the end. Then you slip a wrench on it to turn stuff out while air hammering it. It works a treat on the rotor assembly t25s on GM (and others) brakes that love to strip

HEAT !! Then thread chasers to get all that out of the holes. My Harley wheels were loaded with that stuff. (Loctite)

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“So I said to him, ‘it sounds like you’re just feeding sockets to a seized bolt.’ and then his tool guy started crying.”

Wth hell am i looking at in this picture? is this tire for a motorcylcle?

Snap on heavy duty Torx bits, insanely expensive but I haven’t broken a Torx but since I bought them, used to break them all the time

The 9$ one at harbor freight works just fine

Grip Edge or Snap On sockets. They are pricey but just hold up better.

Heat and manual impact wrench. Those have been heat soaked and the metal has stuck together due to thermal expansion during use.

I took a angle grinder to mine and just purchased new rotors

Are you sure they aren't torx plus bolts. Don't have a ton of experience with T-plus but I've heard of this issue from others. Torxs plus will have a higher breaking point.

I had the same problem. Previous owner had drowned it in loctite. With heat I got out all but two. I ended up taking it to a machine shop where they drilled them out.

Heat is your friend

You got two off did they have thread lock on them? Blue is medium strength and red is permanent. A breaker bar will take blue but you'll need to soften red with heat. No thread lock then smack it a few times with a hammer, better still use an impact driver.

I’m just saying that bolts impact on with an air hammer and socket method look up air hammer socket tool and gently twist out unfortunately it’s my bosses and I can’t let you borrow it

Are they left hand thread?

Can't be tight if it's liquid

Gripedge sockets

Flame wrench and a Lisle 30750 impact driver

Heat them up, put you socket in and give it a few solid taps with a hammer to shock the threads. They should come out fairly easy after that.

Id also invest in some decent tools everything your hold is junk.

Had to use torx to remove pick up truck bed bolts for years......the only one that lasted was snap on.....pricey, but would last years, compared to every other make that would only last days

Made in China Craftsman and the lowest end harbor freight brand. No wonder they're snapping...

Better bits and a manual impact driver.

Heat heat heat, just enough to smoke and they’ll come right out

It's mildly impressive that you broke the impact bit even if it is a Pittsburgh. Do you have the bolts hot enough to deal with the locktite? Try making them hotter. I'd suggest better quality bits, even icon would be decent if you want fairly cheap and plan to keep snapping ...

Put tension on the socket and hit the ratchet with a brass hammer.

You can’t have those bolts coming loose or you don’t have brakes. Those will be installed from factory with high strength thread locker. You will have to heat the bolts to destroy the thread locker wait for them to cool before removing.Install new bolts with red loctite.

Heat them up, guaranteed home boy before you used red loctite

Interesting, I know there is Green, Orange, Blue, Brown and Red. In any event, heating it up will help.

Use the manual impact driver.

Heat and a good whack with a hammer.

Heat heat, and then slightly more heat. Then tap the torx in place with a hammer gently ish. Then a manual impact

I love harbor freight these days. So tired of overpriced snap on. Sometimes to replace a tool the guy will show up maybe once a month. And if he has it I get lucky otherwise it'll take another month or so for a replacement. I can always walk right in to harbor freight anytime ...

Heat. And buy good sockets. Snap on sell the best torx and Allen sockets ime. Yes they are expensive. But fucking with damaged fasteners and broken tools is also expensive.

I f\*\*king hate Torx bits.

Is that tire from a chinese motorcycle? Because if it is, I don't think they were designed with the intention of being removable/replaceable. I had the same issue trying to disassemble the rotor from the tire. That rotor is pretty much built in.