Unscrewing Triangular Bolt Without Dedicated Screwdriver: Easy Tips & Tricks

Jan Rodo wrote:

My job is to unscrew the triangular screw,

More details, or a photo.

Now I can see 2 possibilities:
adjust the flat-blade screwdriver so that it fits into the two Y-legs
buy a screwdriver or a bit that looks like this - I don't remember the name of the tip, but in a hardware store, you will get it without any problems.

Look for a tri-wing or trigram.

Jan Rodo wrote:

I've already done a few flat ones

Well, people learn from mistakes. If the first or second attempt was unsuccessful, you had to give it a rest, go to the store, even in small towns there are "technical" stores and you would choose something.

Jan Rodo wrote:

In Podlasie, this technology has probably not arrived yet ...

Well, there is a village with a commune seat, or the nearest town. If I do not mention the district, you would probably buy it there.

Such should be in every GieeSie:
https://arena.pl/koncowki-wkretakowe-33szt-nietypowe-bity,p40496984.html
There were also some unusual beats in Biedra.

misiek1111 wrote:

Such should be in every GieeSie:

As long as the GSs have remained, because you will rather not meet this name in many parts of our beloved country.

It was a mental shortcut, most of the elders know what's going on.

And as for unscrewing, you can still try (if the head is on top) to deflect it by hitting it with a hammer through a flat screwdriver in this place:


If the head is on top, you could also cut the head with a diax and then unscrew it with a flat screwdriver.

Hello, the easiest way to grind something like this is a piece of steel rod
and a bit of manual skills best regards.

Jan Rodo wrote:

Good evening.

My task is to unscrew the triangular screw, how to unscrew it? Unfortunately, I do not have a dedicated screwdriver for this screw.

Sets of bits of the appropriate shape can be bought for a dozen or so zlotys.

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stanislaw1954 wrote:

Now I can see 2 possibilities:
adjust the flat-blade screwdriver so that it fits into the two Y-legs

Maybe let's introduce a custom that we will perform technical activities with tools adapted to them, eh? And not a hammer and jug at everything.

retrofood wrote:

Maybe let's introduce a custom that we will perform technical activities with tools adapted to them, eh? And not a hammer and jug at everything.

Well. I did not propose a hammer and a chisel (cutter in Polish), only a flat screwdriver. If someone has not met a suitable tip for this type of screw head and in normal conditions (when the screw is not tightly tightened), he would be able to do it.
However, sometimes a hammer or an angle grinder is used, but that is a different topic.

stanislaw1954 wrote:

However, sometimes a hammer or an angle grinder is used, but that is a different topic.

Sometimes it is used, but way too often.

misiek1111 wrote:

knock it off by hitting it with a hammer through a flathead screwdriver in this place:

misiek1111 wrote:

you could also cut the head with a diax and then unscrew it with a flat screwdriver.

Manipulant5 wrote:

The easiest way to grind something like this is a piece of steel rod

Maybe smash the whole thing right away with an ax? Gentlemen ... please - either of these "methods" can be applied to a screw that cannot be unscrewed in any CIVILIZED way; and such (and in addition not destructive and technically correct) is the use of an appropriate tip.
Working several dozen years in the service, I saw the screw heads sufficiently using such "crude" (not to be confused with simple) methods. I omit the aesthetic issues of a damaged screw head, sometimes it is a problem to unscrew the screw at all - because the damaged cuts do not even fit the dedicated tip.
This is why newer and newer cuts of screw heads are invented, to prevent access to the interior by a layman or other "handyman" - or he will resign and return the equipment to the service (cheaper) or he will try, cut the screws, and in the end the equipment will hit to the service = but the repair will be more expensive, because it will be immediately clear that "Ours were here", and no service technician likes to look for what a layman has messed with.
Either use the tools for their intended purpose or trust the service ...

If the head of this screw protrudes above the plane and there is "some" space, you can grab it with the drill handle

Jan Rodo wrote:

In Podlasie, this technology has probably not arrived yet ...

But the internet has arrived. So the simplest - a visit to the allegro, there you can easily buy the right tips and if you want, you will get them home.

398216 Usunięty wrote:

Either use the tools for their intended purpose or trust the service ...

With all due respect, but you moralize.
It is the owner of the screw who decides what to do with it and the method of removing it.
The author has already received a complete set of answers.
Either method is good for getting to your destination. The last ones are losing.

misiek1111 wrote:

With all due respect, but you moralize.
It is the owner of the screw who decides what to do with it and what method to remove it.

If you think so (that I moralize) - your business.
I call it a bit different - Technical Culture which should be distributed from "stupid" screws.

The easiest way is a triangular needle file, cut it to fit, possibly a steel wire, a motor spoke and a grinder.

klamocik wrote:

The easiest way is to cut the file with a triangular needle

Nonsense, the file is brittle and will not survive the first attempt.

Or it's better to buy something like that and have less stress loosening the screws for a while

Gentlemen, the exaggeration of your statements is shocking.
In post # 5, your friend (in particular the author) has already told you what type of screwdriver or bit tip to use - TRI-WING .
And no rude approach to the head of this screw is needed.
And they call you professionals?

I told you - with an ax ...
I wonder what else my colleagues will come up with?

clubber84 wrote:

use - TRI-WING.
And no rude approach to the head of this screw is needed.

There is no? It is either not to move or to buy.

Having specialized bits, unfortunately, does not guarantee success because these strange screws come in different sizes or in a deep hole smaller than the diameter of the bit.
I have similar tips as in the # 27 post thrown into a larger suitcase from NEO and so what.
Weird and newer screws appear; recently I hit a very small head screw for system zero. Drill 1.5 mm and reaming the head, then walrus tongs and unscrewed the rest; obviously use a normal screw in this place.

The "triangles" can be unscrewed as much as possible with a polished one harder wire; I have done that myself more than once.

I haven't found such a one way screw yet.