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Old 04-Nov-2003, 16:18   #1
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Can anyone recommend a way of undoing cylinder nuts without having to purchase the £170 ducati U-Tool?
Or where I can get one for about £50?
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Old 04-Nov-2003, 16:59   #2
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you can use a crowfoot spanner on you wrench. Not the "perfect" way, but it does work OK.
My first tool was a spanner with a 1/2" socket welded in the center, then an allowance made on the torque setting for the extra leverage.
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Old 05-Nov-2003, 13:42   #3
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Many thanks Nelly. Have ordered some.
What sort of compensation did you give for torque using the crowsfoot spanner.
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Old 05-Nov-2003, 14:19   #4
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On the crowfoot, it's negliagble. The ones I have are 25mm from drive centre to stud/nut centre so that's 2.5%. Thats within the tolerance of 5% that Ducati specify, so I'd set the wrench exactly and tighten it up as normal.
the spanner I used to use, with the socket welded in the centre was about 100mm centre to centre so that was a different story
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Old 13-Nov-2003, 09:10   #5
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Thanks Nelly, But what make of crowsfoot did you use?
I still can't manage to get the ratchet over the crowsfoot to turn the nut. Looks like I'll have to weld a bar to it...
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Here's an inexpensive clever design using a socket welded to a box-open end wrench.

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