The key should be attatched with the tag on one of the shoes. http://site.palleyd.com/jack/soap-ordnance12.jpg">Look at the picture - You see that blue tag? Jutting out on the bottom right hand side of it is the key; it's kinda dark but it's there. Look for the tag on the shoes and the key will be on the same loop of plastic wire

An allen wrench won't fit, you'll just mess up your screw heads, you need a torx (star) wrench, like Surfaced said available pretty much anywhere.

Hey Trev,
As Mart said, the key is part of the deal on the old stock, removable plate shoes. I have a couple extra of the standard and also the rocket ship keys, just in case. And yes, it is a Torx (star), not an Allen (hex-head) screwdriver, which you can get at Sears, Walmart, etc. But just one other thing ... You aren't the shiznit unless you have a for real Soap key hanging from your rear-view, like Pizza Boy in Shag This!! Da-duh-duh-duh-duh dum. Da-duh-duh-duh-duh dum....

Your answer a TORX bit from a screwdriver set should do the trick!
(if not there is always the comfort of knowing your screwed)

uhh....

The right size of an allen wrench will work. I know this from personal experience. Before I got a torx wrench, I used an allen (I have a ring with about 25 of them, so I shuffled through the different sizes to find one that would fit).

The reason it will work is because the Soap grindplate screws are made to be used with a torx, yet a smaller-sized allen will do.
[img]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Torx_head.png[/img]

Just imagine removing those tips. What are you left with?

A hexagon.

Yes, and why do you think those 'tips' are there for? Just because you've managed to do it in the past doesn't mean it won't fuck your screws up

And won't work for very long because it'll destroy the screws

David, it's all well and good using that picture for comparison, but the pressure applied when using an allen key will be concentrated on very small areas of the screw; the whole point of using the Torx head bit is that it spreads the pressure evenly across the entire screw, and not concentrating it on small areas, which will eventually yeild to the strain. Then you won't be able to get the screw out at all

ok i'll try to stop if im being a smart ass just tell me.

Did you go righty tighty, lefty loosey?

well im an automotive technician its really called a T20 torx socket

my right show broke easy but the left one is the problem shoe, my key even started to break from it so i have no idea what to do, tomorrow i'm ganna go n buy a trox or w/e the thing is called which is the same as the key. i'm also getting a new key i think when i get my new slo bros n bbks