givemethebighammer
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| posted on 25/5/04 at 08:51 PM |
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Can you still buy these ?
You used to be able to buy ring spanners with a crank on them (see side profile below) I've not seen them for years. I need to tighten my
alternator pulley bolt which involves holding the shaft static with a 10mm ring spanner whilst tightening the nut up behind it, all inside the
confines of the pulley ! No socket or normal spanner going to work on this on. So autojumbles aside anyone seen these for sale lately ?
 
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flak monkey
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| posted on 25/5/04 at 08:59 PM |
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How about these? And loads more on MM....
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040212890&r=2075&g=111
Cheers,
David
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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givemethebighammer
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| posted on 25/5/04 at 09:11 PM |
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I looked everywhere for a set of those buggers and what do you know Machine Mart have them !!! Guess I didn't look hard enough.
Thanks
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Mr G
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| posted on 25/5/04 at 10:56 PM |
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I needed a 17m version of one of those.
As far as I could remember the common name for them was 'swan neck' spanners.
Bloke in the go faster shop did'nt have a clue what i was going on about!
Cheers
G
[Edited on 25/5/04 by Mr G]
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blueshift
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| posted on 26/5/04 at 01:11 PM |
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That's one hella big spanner.
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Peteff
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| posted on 26/5/04 at 01:38 PM |
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Cranked ring spanners.
That's what tool shops know them as. The only one I have is 7/16" and 3/8" AF. There was one bolt on the MK1 Escort that I
couldn't reach with anything else
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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paulf
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| posted on 27/5/04 at 09:28 PM |
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I bought a cheap set of metric spanners like this from Lidol for about £5. They have paid for themselves many times over and i have only broken
one.
I changed the timing belt on a citroen BX a job i was told was a major hassle, but managed no problems as i could reach the tensioner bolts etc easily
with the cranked spanners.
Paul
quote:
Originally posted by givemethebighammer
I looked everywhere for a set of those buggers and what do you know Machine Mart have them !!! Guess I didn't look hard enough.
Thanks
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