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ahsposo 05-25-10 02:42 PM

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?

reptilezs 05-25-10 04:49 PM

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

HillRider 05-25-10 04:57 PM

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.

ahsposo 05-25-10 06:55 PM

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.

HillRider 05-26-10 06:33 AM


Originally Posted by ahsposo (Post 10865516)
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.

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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