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Hi All, I will need to do a lower leg service on my 29er Rockshox Reba's at some point but the lower leg retaining nuts are recessed greatly into the body of the lowers, what tool do I need to use to undo these?
A socket on an extension bar?
No good as you have the centre of the valve which clashes with the centre of the socket
I've been wondering the same thing. Does the extension bar some how fit around the ait valve and damper control knob, or do they come off some how first?
Anyone got a link to the bits I need?
You can get socket spanners that have a recess in them but the reach is not long enough, I bet there's someone out there that knows as the SID forks had this design in recent years.
deep drive sockets.
they are about 40/50mm long. great bits of kit
Sid's the same. You need a deep 10mm socket.
Just been looking at them, are they in fact hollow though or just extended? The air valve is long so the socket would need to be hollow in the middle to let the valve pass to get down to the nut.
Box spanner off ebay
Yup, a tap back nut box spanner is what you want. Toolstation do them for a few quid.
I must have been doing it wrong then using a deep socket, never had any problems, even on the 2013 model.
A box spanner isn't any good if you want to tighten to the correct torque. As others have mentioned, a deep socket like [url= http://www.toolstop.co.uk/draper-76594-ht-mm-expert-10mm-1-2-square-drive-hi-torq-12-point-deep-socket-p50181 ]THIS[/url] is what you want. Obviously, if you're using a torque wrench, get the drive to match. I use this Draper version and it's fine.
I use deep sockets,Brought a set so always have them ready
Fantastic, thanks for all your help, box spanners and deep drive socket ordered so I will have the option of what to use:)
I have 70mm deep sockets, but still about 30mm too short for the air spring side of my 2009 sid, so I bought a box spanner for a couple of quid from ebay. If i was that bothered about torque (and since the foot nut does up clockwise) I am sure it would be quite straightforward to use a bolt with a nut bottomed out against it on a hex bit on a torque wrench: insert the nut into the back side of the box wrench and bob's your uncle. In fact I suppose I will try that next time.