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Old 7th October 2019, 21:46   #7
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Originally Posted by SD1too View Post
.........My suggestion, however, to deal with this job is simple. Lubricate the Torx screw thread* with Copper Ease and make sure that you don't tighten it any further than the MG Rover specified 33 Nm. If you do this, I guarantee that when you come to remove it again, you will have no trouble, even with a Draper tool!
Simon

* Some members will disagree with lubrication but I have practised this technique for decades and nothing I have tightened in this way has ever come loose or given trouble of any kind.
Thanks Simon, I too use that method, but encountered this difficulty "on the way in".
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