Sir Fallsalot Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Boring post for the non mechanical members here but tonight's project was a result of drowning the bike last weekend, i found the factory spark plug spanner wouldn't work with the bigger tank fitted as the ring is a six point and there's not enough space for the spanner to work, i needed a 12 point for it to work so i bought a cheep spanner to modify and it arrived today First job was to shorten it as its too long to fit in my tool bag so off with its head Then i need to straighten it, the crank at the end made it an awkward fit i used a cheapo induction heater i bought years ago to get it red hot to bend really useful tool now straightened its easier to use in the space Ready to weld the open end back on wasn't going to bother but it might come in handy one day Welding done All ground back and cleaned up, works a treat hopefully i'll never need it again LOL 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Quite the effort! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Boring post for the non mechanical members here but tonight's project was a result of drowning the bike last weekend, i found the factory spark plug spanner wouldn't work with the bigger tank fitted as the ring is a six point and there's not enough space for the spanner to work, i needed a 12 point for it to work so i bought a cheep spanner to modify and it arrived today First job was to shorten it as its too long to fit in my tool bag so off with its head Then i need to straighten it, the crank at the end made it an awkward fit i used a cheapo induction heater i bought years ago to get it red hot to bend really useful tool now straightened its easier to use in the space Ready to weld the open end back on wasn't going to bother but it might come in handy one day Welding done All ground back and cleaned up, works a treat hopefully i'll never need it again LOL What did you cut through it with? If I took an angle grinder to something like that it wouldn't be a nice clean cut like you have there, it would be a skittish mess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Nice work Fred, I have a similar item for the donkey. Same problem , the big tank restricts access . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 18 hours ago, Pedro said: Quite the effort! Well my effort was wasted, i mentioned it to a mate last night and he said i got to get myself one of these I didn't even know they made such an animal so i ordered one, should be here by the weekend Wasted my time last night and i cut up a perfectly good spanner 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 18 hours ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: What did you cut through it with? If I took an angle grinder to something like that it wouldn't be a nice clean cut like you have there, it would be a skittish mess Got to use the 1mm thick slitting discs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Well my effort was wasted, i mentioned it to a mate last night and he said i got to get myself one of these I didn't even know they made such an animal so i ordered one, should be here by the weekend Wasted my time last night and i cut up a perfectly good spanner keep it as a spare 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 50 minutes ago, skyrider said: keep it as a spare Wont be throwing it, the one i bought is a ratchet one so will be much better for undoing a hot plug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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