Drop ring spanner, best place to get one??

[Jamesstone]

Just had a mission of time hunting down one for removing the front dampers from johns 172, any one know a good place to get one?

 

[Josh@Renparts]

you might struggle, if you know anyone with injector sockets you can use those.

 

[Fred@BTM]

swan neck?

 

[Jamesstone]

Swan neck, thats the baby, know a good place to get one fred?

Whats this injector socket josh, new to me :S

 

[Fred@BTM]

i've never used a swan neck in my life, 12V impact gun off the fag lighter

 

[mini-valver]

Use my brother cordless Snap on impact gun now but when I had to get one (21mm IIRC???) I used FWB.

 

[Jamesstone]

Tried the 18v Makkita impact.. Didnt even budge :dapprove: ... Mine came off really easy but johns just wont budge, loads of corrosion/rust on them but they have been soaked in WD40 for 2 days so thought they would come off a treat

 

[Fred@BTM]

blow torch some heat into them and try again

 

[Jamesstone]

Hmmm seems like we're in for some fun then, may give the Wd40 another couple of days then try the impact on it again, are they usally this bad?

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah they can be, sod the wd40, burn them and gun them

is the car on the floor?? you'l struggle to get them loose if the wheels are off the ground

 

[Jamesstone]

First time the wheels were in the air, second time on the ground, just woulnt budge :dapprove: , will see if we can get hold of a small blow torch to heat it up

Thanks for the help fred

 

[Pep]

I had this with mine, ended up taking it to my local garage to crack them off and then finger tighten to get me home.

Once you have done it put some copper slip on the top top keep them clean, thats what ive done with mine.

 

[Peperami]

Was just about to post the same thing as pepsi.

Ask a local garage (small outift will be best bet) if they can impact them loose. So long as nut is moved up a little will be reet easy once you get home.

No harm done driving a short distance like this either...

When we looked me and dave couldnt find a 21 swan neck spanner for love nor money.

 

[Pep]

I found a 21mm spanner easily from my local tool shop :S

I got them to run the top mounts off completely, then wire brush the threads and then just do them up again a bit so I could get home.

Then once off I cleaned the threads up nicely on the shock and inside the top mount, then as said put some copper slip on once i had it all assembled again.

 

[Whiteley]

2 flats onto a socket, big adjustable and an allen key in the middle. Did the job!

 

[172Ben]

as above, i used a spark plug socket

 

[Henry]

swan-necked spanners are 's' shaped; you want an offset (sometimes called 'cranked') spanner: http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/21mm-X-23mm-Expert-Hi-Torq-Deep-Offset-Ring-Spanner-55695-Draper-7105MM

should be able to find one off the shelf if you shop around - Halfords (?), bigger motor factors who keep good tool selections, ironmongers, tool shops, etc

 

[Mark One]

halfords call them "deep offset" spanners.

 

[Jamesstone]

We tried the spark plug socket method first but it wasnt havin none of it, think the best method will be a quick stop at the local garage to crack them off & drive it back, tried halfords, CAF, Staines Autoparts & few other places in the area & none had it, either 19 or 22 mm .. never mind, next weekend! guess i was lucky with mine, sprark plug socket method worked first time :approve:

Thanks for the input guys

 

[Jay Payne]

saw a spanner on ebay recently for around 5 quid.

Managed to get one side off on mine but had to drive upto my mates garage to loosen the other side with a gun