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S3t
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 07:34 am: |
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Anyone found a large enough, maybe adjustable wrench to fit the adjusting and lock nut on the rear shock? Specialty tool house? Don't tell me 2.5 crescent wrench@#$%^& tx, DLB |
Dynarider
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 07:55 am: |
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Home depot sells an offset pipe wrench with no serrations on the jaws & it costs about $22 or so. Best deal around & works fantastic. Its about 12" long or so. |
Stubby
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 02:49 pm: |
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I bought one from American Sport Bike. It works well. Regards, Stubby. |
Dynarider
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 03:12 pm: |
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That aluminum deal? Seen more of those things bend then actually work, glad at least one person is happy with it. |
Bomber
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 04:29 pm: |
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the aluminum will work great if the locknut has been loosened in the recent past .. . . . if not, it will likely spread and render itself less than entirely useful (3 datapoints, at any rate) the pipe wrench is cheap, work on ALL shocks I've seen, and looks completely out of place with the rest of your scooter tools (oh, yeah, you'r bike has a Harley engine, doesn't it, said a trumpet rider friend) |
Mbsween
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 08:37 pm: |
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S3t, I bought the Buell wrench, stamped piece o steel. Its kind of comical when you consider it costs 70.00. (My first Harley tool purchase) I still couldn't loosen the lock nut even with the tool. The easiest way to loosen the lock nut is to use a cheap old punch. The sizes are on the locknut are 52mm or 62mm I can't recall. In either case thats bigger than a 2" wrench. I couldn't find anything from either snapon or craftsman. Like Bomber said, one the locknut is loose (think 3.00 punch and hammer) then the American Sport Bike wrench or the Home Depot one will do fine. Good luck Matt |
Johnc
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 09:05 pm: |
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I bought this 2 1/16" crowfoot wrench from Snap-On for about $35.00 Canadian. Thats about $5.00 U.S.!!! Anyway the part # is FC66A. I use it and a large pair of waterpump pliers with the jaws taped up. It works real well. edited by johnc on August 19, 2003 |
Hans
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 09:49 pm: |
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Johnc: 35 Canadian $$ is about 25 US $$ http://www.x-rates.com/calculator.html Hans |
Al_lighton
| Posted on Tuesday, August 19, 2003 - 11:44 pm: |
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I've had the opposite problem with Reindogs S3. I can't get the friggin locknut to stay tight. It has come loose twice on long trips, rendering the nut threads useless. And you can't buy just the nut. Aarrggh! |
Johnc
| Posted on Wednesday, August 20, 2003 - 07:32 pm: |
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Hans, that was my weak attempt at humour. We Canadians like to make fun of our weak dollar. Cheers! |
Hans
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 01:19 pm: |
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John, I should have understood that. The combination of dirt cheap and Snapon did disturb my reality testing. Hans |
Smadd
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 02:49 pm: |
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Use this to adjust the shock. WAY faster, doesn't slip off and round the nuts, and won't mar the shock surface (make sure the shock is clean). Once you use a rubber strap wrench like this one on your shock, you won't consider using anything else. And it's cheap. |
Smadd
| Posted on Thursday, August 21, 2003 - 02:51 pm: |
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Make sure you get the bigger one though. The rubber strap is thick enough and won't give so easily while you're turning the shock. The smaller ones just stretch and won't turn the shock if it's tight. |
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