good eye ! originally modded the"crescent wrench"for working on getting seal cap removed from the old koni shocks,they can be soooo tight even after warming up the outer thread area with hammer and anvilNoRiders said:Modded monkey wrench - adapted to undo dog tooth collars and alt nuts?
oh ,so solly,i didn't see you caught that,fish eyeTune-A-Fish© said:Nice airbox mang! But what up with that cussum crescent wench with 12pt munster knobs?
thanks for the link ill check it out i do lots of shock work and all of my seal head unscrewing tools (except the koni)are a triple clamp from any number of cycles having them already in a variety of sizes really helpsNoRiders said:Nice..I do like a tool made for one and only specific job. Homehashed tools are even better.
They often look like nothing in the tool tray and mostly live their life in the slooow lane....but when they are needed, nothing else will do....love it.
Local to Oxford, where I live, is a garden centre with a 'tool museum' displaying mostly old farming implements along with household gadgets. Easily spend a few hours browsing the very special, one job only, tools of olde.
Worth a click - Link: https://seaandsieve.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/wellies-for-sheep-waterperry-rural-museum/
thank you !you got me all puffed up nowjpmobius said:Man, that crescent wrench mod!!!! I am SO going to steal that!
Mighty fine build you have going here sir - always looking forward to the next update!
ha !! at first i was using a drilled hole that you could just beat a 1/4 hex drive short hex key/allen wrench bit into .....the selection of hex 's and their stoutness worked well .the big hole was not all the way thru ...the last was like 3/16 but you would beat the hex bit in till it bottomed .allas they would shift and back out and after i knurled up my knuckles,hard :-X :'( ,i went v 2.0 drilling thru with 15/64 bit, i tapped that few rounds of threads and converted over to using the screws with lathe turned tipsTune-A-Fish© said:You could drill the holes, shoulder the holes, make up press fit mild steel plugs with opposing shoulders, press in, re drill then tap the mild steel 8)
Or not :
xb33bsa said:thanks for the link ill check it out i do lots of shock work and all of my seal head unscrewing tools (except the koni)are a triple clamp from any number of cycles having them already in a variety of sizes really helps
i like to keep them crude and raunchy looking like someone said wtf is that ?
here is seal head tool and piston removing tool
the tools here work for curnutt and vIntage works pistons and heads.... pistons 35mm.... heads 37 mm TO 38MM the clamping effect combined with a pin ,100% ensures, safe, clean removal with out marking up the seal head or elongating its pin hole
the pistons are loctited to the rod ,red loctite and require heat but the works piston has springs and ball valving (EMPTY PISTON HERE)you cant just play a flame on it or the springs take a shit
so with the triple clamp very tightly secured to piston i heat up the tool itself transfering heat over to piston ,safely, to loosen the loctite and get it unscrewed and disassembled, pronto, before any exsess heat can spoil the springs temper