Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 14y 11m 21d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 07/04/14 06:12 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:12 AM I have spline drive nuts, you don't have to worry about the tool fitting in any wheel as it has a small overall diameter. As for replacing the ford wheel spanner I got one of those X shape ones but it folds straight so doesn't take up heaps of room. Covers 21mm, 19mm, and 17 I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,124 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/04/14 06:19 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:19 AM Those X-Brace's (cross-brace's) are so weak at their central weld (I guess you can buy cheap/expensive, though). Also not enough leverage to get decent torque without compromising the weld. The spline drive are cool as it's like having 5 lock nuts per wheel, instead of 1. Makes them far more difficult to steal (and far more difficult to get off if you lose the adaptor, of course). The adapter fits nicely so you don't "slip" and break the teeth on it very easily, like you do with some manufacturers of lock nut spanners (Ford OEM ones are the WORST for this... as per Steve's experiences above). Careful use of both is key! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 16d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/04/14 06:31 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:31 AM I'll put my hand up for the over the most over the top wheel changing apparatus one of theseand one of theseand one of theseAll live in my boot for wheel changes. The joys of being a retired mechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,124 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/04/14 06:35 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:35 AM No lock-nut spanner?I could challenge that (won't be as expensive, but definitely as convoluted), but I'm not home to take pictures of all of those tools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 16d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/04/14 06:36 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:36 AM I was fortunate enough to obtain a set of spline drive wheel nuts way back when. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,124 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/04/14 06:37 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:37 AM When Taleb had their first (and possibly only) batch? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 16d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 07/04/14 06:42 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:42 AM Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,124 Member For: 16y 8m 29d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 07/04/14 06:43 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 06:43 AM Success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 1m 15d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 07/04/14 11:28 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 11:28 AM Ralph will sell them to you, just ask him for a price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletime Donating Members 937 Member For: 14y Gender: Male Posted 07/04/14 11:40 AM Share Posted 07/04/14 11:40 AM Spent the afternoon in the car park at work reattaching my front left caliper to the car after the mounting bolts rattled out at the skid pan and I found my caliper half hanging off the pads and scrapping on the inside of the wheel. Got lucky the caliper still had pressure against the pad and didn't come all the way out, woulda lost all brake pressure :sWell didn't take all arvo but my arvo at work was a right off after going to ford spares in a mates car then doing the job without my usual tools. Fun times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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