[skier207]

Most anyone who has worked on a Japanese machine will attest there is something evil about the Phillips head screw on these machines. It turns out that they are not actually Phillips but a JIS fastener identified by the little dot on the head of the screw. There are special screwdrivers to fit the JIS screws for the tool nerds out there.

Here is a link on another forum to more discussion about it.

http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=9910

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[USMC0861]

hmm ....did not know that

 

[Baxter]

The ones on a carb float bowl always got me . I think they made them outta putty. Changed them to a allen key type far easier.
As for the phillips heads, I found that Snap-on screwdrivers fit best.

 

[700xxmaniac]

snap-on tools are built really well too.. my dad has retchets that are 30yrs old are still work better that the craftman tools i got last year for x-mas