What is this tool?
08-03-16, 10:57 AM
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for the groove in chainring nuts
08-03-16, 12:22 PM
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Yes, it is a heavier-duty version of this tool: Chainring Nut Wrench | Park Tool
08-03-16, 12:36 PM
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not just that, but much easier to handle and use
08-03-16, 01:04 PM
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The knuckle busting is a rite-of-passage.
FYI, if your chainring bolts need that to tighten them, you should be investing in new, not-crudded-up chainring bolts. To break them loose, you obviously need something, unless you're using an impact gun.
FYI, if your chainring bolts need that to tighten them, you should be investing in new, not-crudded-up chainring bolts. To break them loose, you obviously need something, unless you're using an impact gun.
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It's a spoke driver. Used for starting spokes into the nipples when spoking a wheel.
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I was going to say that too but it looks to wide for spokes. The blade on a spoke driver is very narrow
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oops
never mind, redeemed below
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I made a spoke/nipple drive from a free Harbor Freight screwdriver (one of a set of five), and it looks just like the tool in the photo (which does not look large enough to fit on a chainring bolt). An object in the photo with the tool to judge size might have made a difference.
Now I guess I'll have to use another one of the screwdrivers from that set to make a bigger version to tighten chainring bolts.
Now I guess I'll have to use another one of the screwdrivers from that set to make a bigger version to tighten chainring bolts.
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