Custom wrench

[Satatic]

When you cant find a wrench to fit sometimes you just gotta modify. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/satatic/Spanner/P1030362.jpg
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Its for disassembling a strut. The problem I ran into was the nut that holds the shock in place on the top is in a recessed area. So you gotta put a wrench on that and another on the tip of the shock. Well first off you cant fit a wrench down in there so you gotta use a socket. Then you cant put a wrench on the shock because the socket is now covering the spot for the wrench. At first I made my own wrench. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v334/satatic/Spanner/P1030286.jpg
It was to big though to fit in the recessed area. It felt so wrong when i started cutting into that wrench but it feels good now that its all together.

[DirtyLude]

Crows foot socket wouldn't fit?

You just put it in a vice and bend it with a hammer, or did you use some heat? Good work.

[Satatic]

Crows foot socket wouldn't fit?

Well those are on my list of things to buy, but no they woudlnt fit. I used a propane torch on it for a while then a 3 foot piece of square tubeing. Still took a lot of effort I'm actually really happy with these duracraft pro wrenchs. The chrome didnt even chip or discolor under the heat. And that particualr wrench was 3.59 :rocker:

[Luckydevil]

what tool does the dealer use to do the same thing?

it will probably cost about $50+ though if it is some weird tool.

[Treibenschnell]

Not bad durability for a $4 wrench!!

[avsfan733]

future reference, your gonna be better off using a hammer to bend it. using the heat will partially anneal the metal making it softer and easier to bend, also making it weaker. the hammer method will actually somewhat work/strain hareden the material making it stronger but somewhat more brittle. And use a cheap wrench not a chromeoly one it'll work better.

interesting things you learn in materials science....