What size Allen Hex wrench is need to remove the platters from a hard drive?

[imported_NOTORIOUS]

What size Allen Hex wrench is need to remove the platters from a hard drive?

Thanks

 

[classy]

Most use should come out with T-20 or smaller I believe


edit: If I was at work I could tell you exactly.

 

[Seekermeister]

The size that fits. Sorry I couldn't resist.

 

[Zepper]

T-20 is a very large torx head - more for automotive use. I'd bet it is T-10 or under, like T-6 or T-8. Sears has the small torx sizes in their precision drivers line.

.bh.

 

[cootuk]

I've just stripped a Hitachi drive that went belly up so I could recover the magnets.
T10 is definitely too big.
More like T8 and T6 (maybe even smaller?)...unfortunaly mine aren't marked for size.
The Hitachi has one larger size for the outer case, then a smaller size for the central bit that the platters sit on.

I believe a mobile phone Torx toolkit should cover the appropriate range.

 

[imported_NOTORIOUS]

Originally posted by: Zepper
T-20 is a very large torx head - more for automotive use. I'd bet it is T-10 or under, like T-6 or T-8. Sears has the small torx sizes in their precision drivers line.

.bh.

Thanks

I went to Sears and picked one up.


It was a T-6 that I needed.

 

[bigboxes]

I think I used a T-7.

 

[classy]

I was at work today and the size is T-8