Thread: Basic Tools-C-Spanner-Is this a better way to go?
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Old 04-08-19 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by madpogue
Hmmm, is it just me, or is the plate on the Shimano tool on the wrong side, for removal? You'd want to engage the tool with the surface facing the camera toward you, but with the lettering upside down, right? So the other end of the tool is facing forward, and you'd be pushing down on it? So shouldn't that plate be on the surface facing the camera? I suppose the plate would be appropriate for using the tool when tightening the lock ring, but that's not when you need it.
Looks like you can move the plate to either side of either end as needed, if not, I would make it so. Now on the look out for one of these.
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