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RE: Axle removal on an RS



As you wish David:

You can jerry-rig such a tool with 2 nuts and a threaded bolt... probably
about 50 cents.
You can make one for much cheaper at Home Depot.  Find a standard sized nut
that fits a 17mm socket.  Buy 2 or 3 of them and thread them all onto a
threaded bolt.  Throw that into your bike tool kit with a ratchet and 17mm
socket.  If you need it, insert the nut into the axle and a 17mm socket over
the "bolt head" end.  Cheap easy, effective, and portable.  Here's a version
of a long one...but it's for fork tubes - look at the nutted end to see what
I'm talking about:

 http://www.foxharp.boston.ma.us/bikes/forktool.jpg

On this one, a 5/8 inch nut has an outside measurement that almost exactly
fits a 24mm allenhead socket....for your tool, the nut would be smaller...

Robb
Robb@xxxxxxxxxxx


>
> Is a 17mm hex wrench the preferred tool though?  I would like something a
> bit lighter to carry with me on the bike.
>
> David "Lost Dawg" Gaske
> '00 Sprint RS (yellow)
> Fredericksburg, Va.  USA
>
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