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Upper Strut Nut 200 1991

posted by  benglar on  Wed Jan 22 18:34 CST 2003
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I had good luck with an offset box end wrench for the top strut nut. Harbor Freight Tools has a pretty good inexpensive set (about $12, I think).

I can't remember the name for the wrench used on the collar nut at the top of the strut tube, but I can describe it to you. It looks like a quarter-circle with a handle on one side and a crooked finger on the other. The finger fits into the slots cut every 90 degrees into the collar nut, the quarter-circle lies snugly against the edge of the collar nut, and you grab the handle to loosen the collar nut. Works like a charm. About $10 at a local tool jobber. Alternatively, most bicycle shops have an equivalent tool: look at the pedal bearings on your (or your kid's) racing bike. Maybe the bike shop would rent you their tool for the weekend.
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-- Bruce / '82 244 (315k miles!), '86 745, '87 760Ti, '94 854






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