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Please can anyone tell me what kind of screw this is? It is part of the dash assembly. I must have a hundred screw bits. Never seen one like this!

I know that it looks a strange one, but I was able to loosen and tighten mine with a normal small flat head screwdriver. It took a bit, but I was able to do it.

Unfortunately the pic isn't at a high enough resolution to get a good look, it looks a bit like a place bolt, which is a special type of bolt which is used on rotating assemblies such as flywheels and diff crown wheels ( I'll not try and explain how these work, it'd take pages) but there is no reason why you'd use one of those on something like a dash.

Could you take a better pic? preferably with something else in the pic to give an idea of size such as a pencil.

There are used in the instrument cluster and I used a screwdriver with an indent filed in the centre to remove them.Steve

Thanks guys. You know the feeling. You start a simple little job!

I have always been able to undo them with a flat blade screwdriver. You can always replace them with a "normal" pozi or phillips type screw afterwards if you need to.

Got em out! Thanks guys

jaybee wrote:Thanks guys. You know the feeling. You start a simple little job!

I have always found these jobs to be the worst. You go to the garage thinking it will be a simple job and end up being there for hours

It is good that you got them out though and I would certainly think about replacing them.

Most definitely . I'm replacing the clock with a battery one so easy access is required at least twice a year.

Top of the instrument cluster. Again, I have found them simple enough to undo and re-tighten with a normal largish flat blade screwdriver.

a 12 point socket usually works as well.

Page 10 and about 1/3rd the way down on my blog page has a good example on how to remove these screws in record time, oh and to refit them

Is it just me who has the correct screwdrivers to undo all these little dash screws? I bought a pack full of screwdrivers with these strange heads for very little money.

I got them undone and replaced them all with ordinary screws. See my post on Battery Clock.

John_C wrote:Is it just me who has the correct screwdrivers to undo all these little dash screws? I bought a pack full of screwdrivers with these strange heads for very little money.

Where?