71 door hinge bolts

[Baxter2012]

I am beginning a restoration on a 71 T and the six bolts that attach the door appear to be a multi point wrench, like a ten point star or something to that effect. Can someone tell me what this is and where to get the wrench?

[rvdv]

Those are called XZN bolts, basically they are triple square, 12 points. You will need to find an XZN socket set or a socket to fit a M8 XZN bolt.

[Baxter2012]

Perfect, thanks

[Cornpanzer]

Those are hard to find if you mess one up, so a high quality bit is a good investment. Dont strip out the head. =)

[edmayo]

Don't try to loosen those with out an impact driver,,,,you WILL gouge the bolt heads otherwise!.

[CamBiscuit]

Mine have been replaced with ordinary bolts, does anyone supply them new or is second hand the only way to replace them?

[Longballa]

Second hand and they are hard to find.

[edmayo]

Mine have been replaced with ordinary bolts, does anyone supply them new or is second hand the only way to replace them?

Somewhere around 72 I believe a switch was made to hex head bolts, but it is easy to determine which one you need. If the hinge has a countersunk bolt hole then its the 12 point XZN, if the bolt is not counter bored then it's the normal hex hd. bolt.

[CamBiscuit]

Thanks Ed

Its a late '69 production 70MY car but I'll pull one off to check.

Cheers

[Barwaut]

The bolts are readily available. At least my body shop has them.
They are a fraction wider on the head, but you can only tell if you place an old one next to a new one.