Tool of the day suggestions start here

**Motu** · 26th July 2014, 13:25

Stuff I haven't used for 30 years, the sticker on my wife's toolbox is the clue...she was the one who had pre unit Triumphs. First are the camshaft gear tools, for removing and fitting camshaft gears, needed for setting up with a degree wheel. Then the crankshaft gear puller, next the clutch hub puller - a friend of mine used to make those for some pocket money. Last is my homemade clutch adjusting tool.

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**unstuck** · 26th July 2014, 13:37

Originally Posted by Motu

Some wimpy Cresents out there. I've always called this the railway spanner, and I think they were used for sleepers. Soft jaws and they don't open very wide, but great to use - it balances with a finger just behind the head, so you can wind something up choking behind the head, and then use full leverage to snug it up. Was useful when I worked on compressors and did some pipeline work.

Looks like a Clyeburn English key.

**Flip** · 26th July 2014, 14:18

Pipe wrenches. I use the 24" all the time. I can't find my 12" ones I believe they were stolen by a casual when I lent him my ute. Its a bit of a pisser because one was a light weight aliminium one.

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As far a spanners go I cant go past those old fasioned double open ender ring spanners. I know they are old school but I find them very handy.

**F5 Dave** · 26th July 2014, 14:53

A workmate has a saying; - don't attribute to malice, what can be explained by incompetence or stupidity.

Probably find he left it on a job somewhere.

**Flip** · 26th July 2014, 15:05

No the only error on my part was leaving my ute at work with my tools still in it while I was on leave. There was a whole lot of things I lost, odd things like soldering irons and multi meters.

These are my sets of double open enders.

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If I could find a 10/12 and 13/14 I would be a happy man.

**F5 Dave** · 27th July 2014, 08:12

Um, . . . Time to check your prescription Phil. Those open enders look kind of. . . Un open.

**unstuck** · 27th July 2014, 08:19

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Um, . . . Time to check your prescription Phil. Those open enders look kind of. . . Un open.

That statement has a RING of truth about it.

**Erelyes** · 4th August 2014, 15:08

Can someone recommend a multi-tool type thing designed to replace the factory toolkit, that would suit a zooki?

I already have a little tool thing for my key-ring that has a couple things (small phillips, small flathead, serrated blade, sharp blade, and can opener) but some sort of compact combo spanner with larger screwheads and some allen keys etc would be cool.

**Motu** · 4th August 2014, 18:41

After years of struggling with body clips, these are the best things ever. Sooooo happy I got a pair. If you ever have to work on Honda quads, these are for you.

http://www.wurth.co.nz/cat/files/ass...s/page0179.pdf

**F5 Dave** · 4th August 2014, 20:25

Originally Posted by Erelyes

Can someone recommend a multi-tool type thing designed to replace the factory toolkit, that would suit a zooki?

I already have a little tool thing for my key-ring that has a couple things (small phillips, small flathead, serrated blade, sharp blade, and can opener) but some sort of compact combo spanner with larger screwheads and some allen keys etc would be cool.

Not really. That's why factory tools are many pieces. Go buy one from a wrecker making sure the spanner sizes fit your wheel nuts

**Ocean1** · 4th August 2014, 21:13

Originally Posted by F5 Dave

Not really. That's why factory tools are many pieces. Go buy one from a wrecker making sure the spanner sizes fit your wheel nuts

Early Suzuki kit tools were crap. Yamaha not much better. You could impress the fuck out of the girlfriend by bending the 10mm/12mm open ender around your finger.

I still have 1/2 sets of spanners I originally bought to replace the 3 or 4 in bike kits.

**F5 Dave** · 5th August 2014, 16:42

SVs are mid 90s. I mean there's not much you can fix on the road, but a leatherman multitool isn't going to save the day like some people seem to imagine. This side of a few bits to get to the fuses , bulbs or replace a petrol tube, maybe pull off a wheel you'd be better served with a credit card & a cell phone. Oh and a small pump & tubeless repair kit. But there is already a tools on bike thread elsewhere I seem to remember