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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:30 AM
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hey guys where do i find that optispark tool/socket? the female star to take the cap off? or what is it called so i can have better luck searching for it. lol

or does any one have one that they would be willing to part with?
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by 4thgenz
hey guys where do i find that optispark tool/socket? the female star to take the cap off? or what is it called so i can have better luck searching for it. lol

or does any one have one that they would be willing to part with?
Well if you get a cap and rotor kit it will come with one. If not i think i have one i could dig up for ya.
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:13 AM
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take a throttle body cover screw off and put it in vice grips and bam you have a tool. works every time. and when you get inside the opti to take the rotor off you will need some tiny torx bits
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 11:25 AM
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the inverted torx bit size was impossible to find for me so I ended up having a shop do it, shortly after I heard about the tb plate screw idea

http://www.lt1engine.com/tech/085-opti-cap-rotor-tool/
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Old Apr 16, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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It's called a E4 socket (inverted torx). I got one from my local Autozone. It had a yellow label.
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