Hi all,
I have never really seen a write up on how to make one of these, so I thought I would do one. Yes, you can just go buy a lisle brake torx set that has one, but I have never been able to find one of those sets locally. So here we go...
1. Buy, borrow or steal yourself a decent quality T-45 bit socket in 3/8ths drive. I don't know if I would use Princess Auto/Harbor freight bits, I would go slightly higher quality and get a bit from mastercraft, powerbuilt or another ok quality manufacturer.
2. Get the hammer of your choice, a pin punch of a roughly similar diameter to the bit in the socket and something to hold the socket while your hitting it. (I used a old spring seat that I had pulled out of the car a few days before, worked perfect but I am sure most people have a bench vise that would do the same thing).
4. Once you have the bit separated from the socket, you now need to cut the bit down to size. You want to take just over half of the shank of the bit off, leaving you with something like pictured below. You can do this most effectively with something like an angle grinder, but make sure that as you cut, you dip the bit in water often to stop it from losing its temper and becoming softer then the bolt your trying to get out.
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