Originally Posted by
maddog34
i use my large flat blade screwdriver for that task... it rarely gets used as a screwdriver, and is heavily worn.
last time i used a cone wrench was yesterday,,, on a too-tight front axle reset.
now...if i can just get the customer to come get his freshly tuned pair of GT MTBs and pay me...fingers crossed.
he snapped the second der. hanger off the gray one, and both had flats to patch.
If you’re wrenching customer’s bikes, I can easily see why you might need cone wrenches on a regular basis. Since I only work on my own bikes, and there aren’t many ball and cone bearings in my stable, my frequency is getting ever closer to zero.