J.I.S. Screw drivers

[Houtman]

As you might or might NOT know the phillips screws on Japanese bikes have a slighty different cross head than ours.
The flutes are more straight to prevent cam out.It is therefor worth buying the Japanese Industrial Standard screw drivers .
This will prevent damaging the screws.I bought a set on Amazon last year(Hozan) they are quite good but recently I
bought the better Vessel ones from Mc Master Carr.I also got some Drive Grip,an anti cam out fluid but have not yet to
need it.Restoring a bikes is so much less frustrating if if you have the right tools !Safe Riding.

[Larry Zimmer]

I, also, find that, anywhere possible, it is best to use an impact driver with phillips head screws. Especially, larger the screws retaining significant parts -- even cam cover end-caps, etc. Does tend to help considerably to prevent camming out of the blade and associated slot distortion.

[harvey]

I like the Vessel ones also. The handles feel better. And they do fit and grip better.

[Rick Pope]

Last year I began a quest to get a set of the JIS drivers. Not one of the local tool suppliers had any knowledge of them, including the Snap-On supplier.

I still haven't got a set, but would like both hand driver and impact driver sets. Any suggestions as to a source?

[steve murdoch icoa #5322]

A Google search turned up these guys http://www.rjrcooltools.com/vessel.cfm
Never dealt with them.

[Houtman]

For the larger# 3 you might have to go to Mcmaster Carr,some of the other sites only have the smaller ones.The Mc Master Carr catalog is a great source of info.

[CopperCollar]

Amazon has them to.

Mike