GT Jimmy Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 HI all Does anyone know where to get specialty tools? I'm scoring the online sites in SA for an 8mm Crow Foot wrench for a 1/4" drive torque wrench and cannot seem to find one... I need to torque down the attachment bolt on some hydraulic brake lines. Need to quite carful with the correct torque at the shifter housing is composite... Any help would be amazing!
droo Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 Also known as a flare nut wrench. A tool shop should be able to help you. MTBRIDER1234 1
splat Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 (edited) 18 minutes ago, droo said: Also known as a flare nut wrench. A tool shop should be able to help you. A 'normal' flare nut wrench doesn't have the torque wrench slot I think that Park Tool used to do a small crow's foot for a torque wrench, but they make this one now https://cyclingtips.com/2022/05/cool-tool-tuesday-8-the-best-tools-for-installing-hydraulic-disc-brakes/ Edited August 10, 2022 by splat
droo Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, splat said: A 'normal' flare nut wrench doesn't have the torque wrench slot I think that Park Tool used to do a small crow's foot for a torque wrench, but they make this one I know what he's looking for, I have one. But only one, sadly. A proper speciality tool shop will be the best place to find one. In CT - Wurth, RS Components or Topfast. No idea about the rest of the country though. GT Jimmy and splat 2
dave303e Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 2 hours ago, GT Jimmy said: HI all Does anyone know where to get specialty tools? I'm scoring the online sites in SA for an 8mm Crow Foot wrench for a 1/4" drive torque wrench and cannot seem to find one... I need to torque down the attachment bolt on some hydraulic brake lines. Need to quite carful with the correct torque at the shifter housing is composite... Any help would be amazing! Standard spanners get shorter as they get smaller(same with normal allen keys), so you have less force when tightening smaller bolts and more for bigger bolts. Socket sets are usually where people start stripping bolts, because now you have the leverage of a size 32 spanner on a size 10 nut or something along those lines. Multitools are worse for bikes as often you see someone unfolding the tools on the opposite end to tighten something. Take a standard spanner and tighten it with one finger, you will be surprised how close you can get. Less is often more. For me it is a joke- the Parktool flare nut wrench does not mention in the instructional document or in the video how to adjust your torque wrench setting to account for the extra leverage tool adds. So I would love to know how many think they are tightening they fasteners over tight thinking they are dead on... https://www.parktool.com/assets/doc/product/MWF-3_instructions.pdf https://www.tekton.com/blog/how-to-accurately-use-a-torque-wrench-with-a-crowfoot-wrench
splat Posted August 10, 2022 Posted August 10, 2022 22 minutes ago, dave303e said: Snip... For me it is a joke- the Parktool flare nut wrench does not mention in the instructional document or in the video how to adjust your torque wrench setting to account for the extra leverage tool adds. So I would love to know how many think they are tightening they fasteners over tight thinking they are dead on... https://www.parktool.com/assets/doc/product/MWF-3_instructions.pdf https://www.tekton.com/blog/how-to-accurately-use-a-torque-wrench-with-a-crowfoot-wrench If you place the crowfoot wrench at an angle 90-degrees to the torque wrench handle, the amount of torque you’re applying doesn’t change. You can set the torque wrench to the fastener’s torque specification and continue to use the torque wrench normally. https://www.tekton.com/blog/how-to-accurately-use-a-torque-wrench-with-a-crowfoot-wrench ChrisF 1
RobertWhitehead Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 https://www.adendorff.co.za/product/mac-afric-8-pce-crowfoor-spanner-set/ - took me a few seconds to find
GT Jimmy Posted August 11, 2022 Author Posted August 11, 2022 Thanks but I also managed to find that. The set starts at 10mm and goes up to 22mm. I need an 8mm wrench…
Scarab Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Try Jorge at The Tool Shop in Randburg 011 792-4185 GT Jimmy 1
thebob Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 I have one that came with my SRAM bleed kit. If you can make a plan to pick it up from me and return it, you are more than welcome to use it GT Jimmy 1
Alouette3 Posted August 11, 2022 Posted August 11, 2022 Contact Teng Tools, if they don't have they may be able to get ChrisF and GT Jimmy 1 1
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