18mm ring!

Why is that every job you think will take 5 minutes doesn't.

I got my act together for the job in hand (Tigger crash bars) and got me
a T55 Torx bit, but when it comes to reassembly, nice my SW-Motech has
decided to use 18mm nuts, and in a place where only a ring or open ender
will fit.

I have more 17mm and 19mm spanners than you could shake a stick at, and
a handful of 18mm sockets for which there isn't clearance, but no 18mm
ring. Bollocks.

 

Pikey ..

Paul.

 

Saw or grind the bottom 10mm or so off a socket. Weld on a handle.
Beat with a large lump hammer to undo the distortion. Sorted.

 

Grind 1mm of a 17mm spanner or fit a 1mm shim to a 19mm spanner [1]

[1] a bit of copper e.g. a penny filed down to fit with a bit of super
glue to hold it in place

 

Err... Why not just buy an 18mm spanner ?

 

Just touch the angle grinder (1) in the 17mm opening to enlarge it a little.

(1) You _do_ have an angle girnder don't you?

JB

 

I have three, but it's a long way to Chelters.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

There is one in old BMW tool kits IIRC. For some strange reason.

I had the 911 up on stands last night. Fitted the new disks, popped the Big
Reds back in. Anti vibration dampers in. Prepared pads...... then realised
the cumfelching cock in the dealer had given me the wrong discs. And the
wrong pads. I almost lost my SOH for a moment.

 

I thought there was too but to my surprise, no.

So I will avail myself of Champ's ring this evening

 

I'm going to look

Fnar
As he was keeping it clenched for a few days it should be an interference
fit

 

My post was slightly tongue in cheek. Why do it the sensible, easy way
when one can spend hours bodging?

 

are adjustable spanners out of fashion now? Better hide (both of) mine
until the fashion cycle comes round again....

cheers

SS

 

my ring did change size while heading towards the ground where I did
my collar bone

I was more thinking:-

I'd have just used one of my "friends" adjustables.

Cheers

SS

 

Nearly.
http://www.drillspot.com/products/128754/Westward_5MW39_Adjustable_Box_Wrench

 

I have a number of adjustables, however none of them would fit in the
confined space available.

 

fairy nuff. Glad I can still spin mine without being accused of being
"Oh so 20th century".

cheers

SS

 

I've banned AFS* spanners anywhere near anything I regard are remotely
important.

Fraser

*Any Fucking Size

 

Close but no cigar. That's an imperial adjustable and I'd need a metric one.

 

Heh.

 

Haha. It only works on 4-sided bolts too. "Grabs bolt on all 4 sides".