Ok, get your tea, biscuits and slippers....
Anyone else use the SS rear hub which seems to need an enormous spanner - which I do not have..
Should I be using a particular tool which I neglected to buy or just seek to borrow a big shifter?
Would have been handy to know tool requirement when purchasing....and no not the stone!
it's ok - the stone is for BB's.
you need a railway sleeper for the hubs.
C spanner? Also called a lock ring tool.
pjt201....you know from experience that is what I need?
It does not look like the lock ring on a screw on jobbie.
does the big spanner that comes in most basic bike kits not fit?
Got a pic?
had the same problem building up my ss a couple of months ago
i went out and bought a bigger spanner... and because i'm *really* clever, it still wasn't big enough...
think in the end i wedged something against the two flat sides and managed to undo it, needed three hands really though. there's probably a better way... like the right tool
either measure across the flats and go get a big enough spanner/adjustable or put the flats in a vice & turn the hub via the chain whip, which you still need to use in either case as per a normal cassette hub.
My 'C' spanner didn't fit.
I just used a smooth jaw adjustable wrench, I did add an adjustable spanner to my trail tools for a few rides too.