panic: my 15mm socket is missing and no able to tighten the crank bolt, any alt?
01-16-15, 05:47 PM
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^On the contrary, this is exactly the point. Your illustrations may identify excellent tools. You say they are no longer in production. I would challenge that notion. The company that invented and first manufactured the tools may no longer make them but that doesn't mean that someone, somewhere, doesn't make them or something just like them. How do they straighten forks in India, China, Thailand, Poland, anywhere?
The point of my orginal post, and I'm entitled to be profuse because it was my point that you responded to, was that if a tool is really useful it almost always stays in production.
You want me to change my position to suit your whims. You want me to say that in will stay in production AT THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF MANUFACTURE. I won't do that to suit your desire to call me wrong because it was never my intent to say this. I could care less who makes the tools I use, just that they remain available.
The point of my orginal post, and I'm entitled to be profuse because it was my point that you responded to, was that if a tool is really useful it almost always stays in production.
You want me to change my position to suit your whims. You want me to say that in will stay in production AT THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF MANUFACTURE. I won't do that to suit your desire to call me wrong because it was never my intent to say this. I could care less who makes the tools I use, just that they remain available.
Tonight I am going to patch some tubular tires with this:
01-16-15, 07:00 PM
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^ I want to say that the Bikesmith press looks like an improvement over the VAR tool because it looks ingeniously simple compared to the complexity of the VAR tool. That it looks like it would be significantly less expensive to manufacture and sell and that, in and of itself, would appeal to anyone on a budget. I want to say these things but I can't because I don't know how well these presses work and I would, probably, be informed that no amount of "savings" is worth the hassle of using the "inferior" Bikesmith tool. I'm at a loss.
I do think you have a very nice table!
I do think you have a very nice table!
01-17-15, 09:55 PM
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both work great. i especially like the Wrench Force tool. 12pt 15mm + 7mm allen. it's good ol' Snap-On made!
however. now i see 119mm Sugino asymmetrical BB spindle pushes drive side crank out way too far.
to keep the chain line 'sane', had to order another spindle in 113mm symmetric—seems to be the original spec for Race Face cranks.
found a Shimano 600 3H spindle on the fleabay cheap. the winter project is all about waiting waiting...
however. now i see 119mm Sugino asymmetrical BB spindle pushes drive side crank out way too far.
to keep the chain line 'sane', had to order another spindle in 113mm symmetric—seems to be the original spec for Race Face cranks.
found a Shimano 600 3H spindle on the fleabay cheap. the winter project is all about waiting waiting...
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The VAR no. 7 press will press the pins in a single operation, which makes it more suitable for mass production. Either will work in a repair/maintenance situation, but the Park/Bikesmith tools are less complex and expensive than the VAR.
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