[Closed] WHYYYYY, OHHHH LORD WHYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

go to the pub and drink them dry....you won't give a monkeys about the car in the morning.

7/10

I didn't read all that but I'll give you 6/10.

Good use of random capitals but a bit too structured.

thisisnotaspoon...that's really cheered me up on a dark November evening!!

fekkerdy fek!! 8)

Sorry, no, don't have a 7mm spanner!

7mm's not a common size so dont beat your self up about it! Ive got one if you wanna a lend
best advice is go to the pub, someone in there might have one!

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It's less than a mile away, d'ya recon they'd mind if I went in and 'borrowed' one?

Just checked. I have 2 if you need to borrow one.

Just pop round, I'll be in all night. 1 High Street, Edinburgh.

errrr, you just posted your address on the internet?

I could be a kiddie fiddler, a bike thief

or even worse.............................

TJ coming round to discuss bike helmets!

Get thee down the pub. If your still struggling tomorrow you can have full access to my extensive tool collection.

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That may not have been my real address. 😀

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TJ coming round to discuss bike helmets!

Can you not just use an adjustable spanner?
Or is there not room?

james - Member

Can you not just use an adjustable spanner?
Or is there not room?

James that's the tool of a Pikey put it away 😉

no room, its in a realy awquard spot (reach under the exhaust, over the leaf springs, and the drum cover pokes out so whatever I use has to be bent, and theres no clearence on the far side so needs to extend only a few mm past the nipple 🙁

give us a clue to your location? i have one in my travelling tool box with me but i'm in the south east

How much money has this saved you?

I don't trust anyone who doesn't own a 7mm spanner

to be fair £3.89 is not outrageous for a spanner of reasonable quality.

7mm is also the size for hope/shimano bleed nipples so they are handy to have

I stil recon I'm quids in Vs taking it to the garrage, at the last count I've spend £200 on tools in the last month, but thats barely a mornings work at a garrage and it's easily been more than that so far.

Just bloody furstrating when you get to the last job. having meticulously ordered every tool in advance only to find your spanner set only goes down to 8mm!

File a 6mm spanner until it is 7mm?

If you lived near me you could have borrowed mine...

I see a gap in the market for people who can fix cars and have the right tools to do it before they start. Anyone think that might be worth following up?

Quick tip for using a vacuum bleeder. Take each nipple out, clean the threads well then wrap one turn of ptfe tape round the threads pulling it really tight as you do, you must stay clear of the tapered end though.
If the threads are too tight to take the tape a big blob of coppaslip round the end of the nipple works nearly as well.

Its a minor bodge but if only slight pressure is needed to release and tighten the nut you could slide a small flat headed screwdriver head between a larger spanner.
Of course its a bit Pikey and be careful not to damage the nut.

surfer thats well cool!!! never thought of that before. im off down the shed to find you a prize!

surfer thats well cool!!! never thought of that before.

You've never done that before?
you need bodging lessons 🙂