Tools

Hi Mate, sorry I only just noticed this message.

Am definitely interested, but I need to splurge on a new socket set first and see where I end up. If you are in a rush feel free to pass it on, but if not please let me get back to you in a couple of weeks. Hopefully should have new tools by then.

 

Sooo... I went and got a socket set (hooray for me) but the sockets don't fit into the hole to get to these bolts/nuts.... I got the smallest drive I could find too...




Do I need some kind of special tool?

 

Mate these are the ducks nuts for working on bikes t bar sockets should get in thin walls

 

Yep, I have a full set of them, awesome !!!

 

try gray,s online. they have them.

 

Got mine from mcs I think very reasonable but most tool shops will have

 

if you have a friend with a lathe they could machine your relevant sockets down????

 

No worries. I am in no hurry.

 

I can't Risky it's the drive that's the challenge. I bought a 3/8 drive because it was the set I really wanted (both deep and shallow sockets). The 10mm flares out to meet the 3/8 drive though which stops it from fitting down the hole.

I ended up buying a small 1/4 drive socket set (a cheapo one) to make do for now, I tried a couple of different stores with all sorts of combinations of single bits and sets but couldn't find a more price competitive way of doing it - and I get more sockets this way. Oh well!

 

You wouldn't be dead for quids, aren't bikes fun. Just when you think you're winning, they catch you every time.
When you can swing it get a set of T-bars, you'll never look back.

 

lol fun indeed! They're more fun when they're RUNNING!!

 

I concur!