Rear Head Nut Tool

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acadian said:
Well yes, the correct spanner is necessary.

The method I posted wont work with S wrench unfortunately, only a straight wrench will provide the correct torque
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Surely as long as the axis of the nut or bolt is still @ 90º to the torque wrench it will make no difference to the reading? ( in essence the effective lenght L in this picture).


https://thumbsnap.com/i/TmQC9PS6.jpg?0420


Cheers,

cliffa.
 
cliffa said:
Surely as long as the axis of the nut or bolt is still @ 90º to the torque wrench it will make no difference to the reading? ( in essence the effective lenght L in this picture).


https://thumbsnap.com/i/TmQC9PS6.jpg?0420


Cheers,

cliffa.
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You're correct, the important thing is that the axis are at 90º, I've tried the method with an S wrench and was not able to get enough clearance before it hit the fins, the straight wrench provides enough clearance, and the open end of the spanner is a nice snug fit on a 1/2 drive

swooshdave said:
i think you’re right with the S bend wrench but not for the dog leg one.
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Do you have a 13mm box wrench? If so, give that a try
 
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I like the "practise on the bench to learn what the correct torque feels like" approach. Less accurate, but should be near enough for the girls I go out with....
 
Acadian I thank you for the enlightenment through the pictures. I've been pondering your method but didn't want to take the head off and find it to be undesirable.... Without knowing I doubt I'd move on it and tread water forevermore filled with carbon & leaking at the tunnel.
 
swooshdave said:
I've heard countless tales of grinding down standard wrenches although aren't they also too long to get at the nut when the bike is all together?

The two options I can see are:

https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-details/18702/combination-spanner-1-4-ww-obstruction-?

Rear Head Nut Tool


Which is only $21


or:

https://www.eurojamb.com/products/n...ch-tool-atlas-p11?_pos=3&_sid=7567245d7&_ss=r

Which is $52 but lets you get to the front nuts too.

Rear Head Nut Tool


I was just going to get the one from Eurotrash but I may just get the Andover one.

Has any actually used the King Dick tool and does it work?
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Yep I've got a set of curved rings, Britool, had them years.
 
I didn't realize you didn't have any spanners that size
I used to go to boot sales years ago and buy spanners
But I'd only buy britool , footprint,king dick AF and whit spanners really good quality for peanuts
I guess people moved over to metric plus blokes generally don't pull the head off their car for a decoke on a Sunday morning
There was always plenty there, plus over the years people have given me old spanners for the same reason
Cheers
 
I also would go on weekends to yard sales and buy up peoples old tools, I must have stuff made by every manufacturer there is. lol
 
I've 'had' quite a gob of mixed tools myself, but the two boys were like big magnets.… While you chase one down the other moves on the pile. I could never win. They got the WW first though they've not had an English item ever either. Go figure.
 
baz said:
I didn't realize you didn't have any spanners that size
I used to go to boot sales years ago and buy spanners
But I'd only buy britool , footprint,king dick AF and whit spanners really good quality for peanuts
I guess people moved over to metric plus blokes generally don't pull the head off their car for a decoke on a Sunday morning
There was always plenty there, plus over the years people have given me old spanners for the same reason
Cheers
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We aren’t exactly tripping over Whitworth tools over here.

I have a set of open ended WW wrenches that I bought some 30 years ago and they sufficed until now.
 
swooshdave said:
I've heard countless tales of grinding down standard wrenches although aren't they also too long to get at the nut when the bike is all together?

The two options I can see are:

https://andover-norton.co.uk/en/shop-details/18702/combination-spanner-1-4-ww-obstruction-?

Rear Head Nut Tool


Which is only $21


or:

https://www.eurojamb.com/products/n...ch-tool-atlas-p11?_pos=3&_sid=7567245d7&_ss=r

Which is $52 but lets you get to the front nuts too.

Rear Head Nut Tool


I was just going to get the one from Eurotrash but I may just get the Andover one.

Has any actually used the King Dick tool and does it work?
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Looks quality, works fine. Been around for a long while.
 
Taking some advise from Mike at AMR I replaced the nut with a Triumph base nut. The one with 12 points on it. Works a dream. Used with the curved wrench, that is similar to the eurotrash one, which I got 25+ years ago from the UK.
John in Texas
 
A $20 King Dick over a $50 EuroTrash (probably far-East source) any day of the week.
King Dick is one of the oldest tool makers in the UK
 
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