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Title: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: corey on June 11, 2009, 12:05:31 PM Anyone have a source for me?
I need to pick up a spanner wrench for my rear shock on my S2R800. I wanna goof around with preload a bit... Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: CairnsDuc on June 11, 2009, 12:56:05 PM Check with the board Sponsors, a lot of those guys carry tools, If they don't have them, I know Monsterparts.com carries them.
Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: rockaduc on June 11, 2009, 01:14:09 PM Also try Bevel Heaven if you can't get it from a sponser.
Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: Spidey on June 11, 2009, 01:15:09 PM This doesn't answer your question, but as an alternative to buying a specific tool, I've always used a hammer and punch (or screwdriver). Unless your S2r has one of those newfangled plastic collars.
Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: erkishhorde on June 11, 2009, 02:43:37 PM This doesn't answer your question, but as an alternative to buying a specific tool, I've always used a hammer and punch (or screwdriver). Unless your S2r has one of those newfangled plastic collars. I went with this method when I first got my bike. Be very patient and careful. It will bugger up any fancy finishes regardless but you can try to reduce this by putting a folded up rag under your screw driver. Also get the biggest flat head you can find. Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: Spidey on June 11, 2009, 03:07:05 PM Yeah, no matter how you do it, your shock collar gets a wee bit chewed up. I've always assumed that any bike I have will have a dinged up shock collar. It goes with the territory. Then again, you shouldn't be setting preload more than a few times unless you make a habit of adjusting it for passengers (more work than it is worth IMO).
Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: brimo on June 11, 2009, 09:35:45 PM I just went in to my local tool supplier and bought an adjustable c spanner,they fit multiple sizes so you need to get a rough measurement of the diameter of the ring and go from there.
They look something like this. http://brooksuspension.co.uk/shop/c-spanner-adjustable-p-413.html (http://brooksuspension.co.uk/shop/c-spanner-adjustable-p-413.html) Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: Tigermeat on June 12, 2009, 01:21:58 AM Pro-Italia
Very Cheap. Good service. You need 2. Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: Tigermeat on June 13, 2009, 01:40:24 AM If you grind the inside tang off 1 of the wrenches it still works okay as a backup wrench for the shock but also works for chain-cam adjustment. Wrenches are about $9 each.
Title: Re: Tool Needed: Shock Spanner.... Post by: Statler on June 13, 2009, 05:07:23 AM And even with a wrench the plastic collars get beaten up. Last time I looked, motowheels has some in stock...but they aren't hard to find. two is much easier than one. |