Chainring Nut Tool Park's CNW-2 doesn't fit FSA
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Chainring Nut Tool Park's CNW-2 doesn't fit FSA
I need to tighten a couple of chainring bolts on a FSA crankset. Compact 110 BCD if it makes any difference.
I bought a CNW-2 Park tool thinking this would hold the nut. The center alignment spline is too wide on either end.
I looked on FSA's website at their tool collection and they don't offer any thing that I saw.
Any ideas?
I bought a CNW-2 Park tool thinking this would hold the nut. The center alignment spline is too wide on either end.
I looked on FSA's website at their tool collection and they don't offer any thing that I saw.
Any ideas?
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rubber glove and hold the nut with your hand. i have never really needed a chain ring nut wrench/use it often. dont forget to grease the threads. could also mod your tool with a file but im not sure where its not fitting
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A wide blade flat screwdriver can be used as a chain nut tool. You may have to thin the blade to make it fit the slot.
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Thanks for the input. The bolt extended such that it was flush with the rim of the nut so a wide screw driver wouldn't do it and there wasn't enough purchase on a single side to do the job either.
The trick with the rubber gloves is good but these were factory installed and they were "tight" but spun when I tried to tighten them some more.
I ended up grinding the guide spline to a point and that did the trick.
The trick with the rubber gloves is good but these were factory installed and they were "tight" but spun when I tried to tighten them some more.
I ended up grinding the guide spline to a point and that did the trick.
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If this is a routine problem, I suppose you could grind the center out of a wide-blade screwdriver leaving only the two outside edges in an inverted U-shape so it would stradle the bolt's center.
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