Park Discontinued Tools
03-31-11, 10:11 AM
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Park Discontinued Tools
I was down at my LBS this morning in need of a couple of tools, one of them being an adjustable lockring wrench. Turns out Park has discontinued the HCW-2 adjustable lock ring wrench and the replacement is a non-adjustable 2 sided thingamajig that hardly seems to fill the purpose of the tool its "replacing"
According to the guy there, Park is also stopping production on a couple sizes of Pin Spanner and some other useful old stuff.
So is there another brand that is gonna fill this void or are tools like the HCW-2 just gonna become really expensive on the used market?
**edit**
well, this is pretty similar to the HCW-2 but the hinged part looks quite a bit shorter
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-Adjustab...item483ec6e3f7
According to the guy there, Park is also stopping production on a couple sizes of Pin Spanner and some other useful old stuff.
So is there another brand that is gonna fill this void or are tools like the HCW-2 just gonna become really expensive on the used market?
**edit**
well, this is pretty similar to the HCW-2 but the hinged part looks quite a bit shorter
https://cgi.ebay.com/Bicycle-Adjustab...item483ec6e3f7
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03-31-11, 11:09 AM
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Var makes an adjustable lock ring wrench. The one you have pictured I use for the 3 sided style lock rings to remove but I prefer the plier for tightening it back up. Not much of a lever handle.
03-31-11, 11:55 AM
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My lbs owner took one of the old park or campy BB lockring tools (I forget) with the multiple tabs and filed off all but 2 opposing.
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03-31-11, 11:59 AM
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Nice work, Chris! 
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Here's the best part - it fits the notches on some SA ball rings, no need to bash on them with a punch:
Doing it without bashing your knuckles on the spokes is another matter
Doing it without bashing your knuckles on the spokes is another matter
03-31-11, 01:07 PM
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here's the hozan - $44.95 BIN
https://cgi.ebay.com/HOZAN-LOCKRING-H...item1c1a931ef3
https://cgi.ebay.com/HOZAN-LOCKRING-H...item1c1a931ef3
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03-31-11, 01:15 PM
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Harbor Freight.... 9.99
https://www.harborfreight.com/2-piece...ers-44874.html
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