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| Author: | bikerdude666 [ 18 Nov 2014 15:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
What size do I need for the front isolator bolt on an XB12R, I used to use my dad's tools but it's a bit of a long journey now to borrow it. Any ideas where I can buy the correct size allen socket, preferably to fit a 3/8th drive? Thanks. |
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| Author: | Maz [ 18 Nov 2014 17:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
3/8'' |
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| Author: | rik [ 18 Nov 2014 18:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
These look reasonable enough... |
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| Author: | Maz [ 18 Nov 2014 18:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
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| Author: | MadRat [ 18 Nov 2014 18:47 ] |
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| Author: | bikerdude666 [ 18 Nov 2014 18:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Thanks for the link, they look better than the last set I got, I snapped 1 after about 2 mins while trying to undo the engine mount bolts. Maz, what would you reccomend? Though I doubt I could afford it lol |
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| Author: | TOPGUMM [ 18 Nov 2014 19:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SNAP-ON-3-8-I ... 3cebd31ba3 |
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| Author: | rik [ 18 Nov 2014 19:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Buy what is appropriate to the job in hand. Cheap tools are OK for light duties but don't skimp on ones requiring serious torque, some jobs (engine mounts...? isolators...?  ) will need 1/2" drive...In spite of what some might say, you do not need to spend 'Snap Off' type of money; there are other equally good brands out there that are cheaper because they don't carry a designer label and the associated snob-value. Whilst this is especially true for 'hobby' use, I professionally (ie daily) use a mixture of Britool, Elora, Facom, Laser, Teng, even Draper & Sealey and, in thirty five years, I have never broken a socket or spanner. Part of that is due to using the appropriate tool for the job eg not using a 3/8" drive where a 1/2" is required...
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| Author: | bikerdude666 [ 18 Nov 2014 19:22 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
I'll have to check tomorrow, but I'm 99% sure my torque wrench is 3/8th drive, so would need a 3/8th drive socket, but that thanks for the link. All I can ever seem to find is metric Allen sockets. |
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| Author: | brother in buells [ 18 Nov 2014 19:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
bikerdude666 wrote: I'll have to check tomorrow, but I'm 99% sure my torque wrench is 3/8th drive, so would need a 3/8th drive socket, but that thanks for the link. All I can ever seem to find is metric Allen sockets. good reason to buy some 1/2 tools to
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| Author: | bikerdude666 [ 18 Nov 2014 20:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Good plan, but another child due in a couple of months means that's not possible, any tools I buy at the moment are funded by selling other things. Unless anyone here wants a 7 year old MacBook Pro in exchange for a 1/2 drive torque wrench, it'll have to be a 3/8th drive lol |
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| Author: | Maz [ 18 Nov 2014 20:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Quote: I professionally (ie daily) use a mixture of Britool, Elora, Facom, Laser, Teng, even Draper & Sealey Peasant 
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| Author: | Adam [ 18 Nov 2014 20:59 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Maz wrote: Quote: I professionally (ie daily) use a mixture of Britool, Elora, Facom, Laser, Teng, even Draper & Sealey Peasant 
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| Author: | rik [ 18 Nov 2014 21:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Maz wrote: Quote: I professionally (ie daily) use a mixture of Britool, Elora, Facom, Laser, Teng, even Draper & Sealey Peasant A peasant who works on more than one marque and therefore needs a far wider range of tools... 
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| Author: | Maz [ 18 Nov 2014 22:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Allen socket for front isolator bolt? |
Rik, I started out as an apprentice motor mechanic aged 16.....38 years ago. I had a cantiliver toolbox full of all the shit you listed above......it didn't take me long to realise that I was only as good as the tools that were an extension of my body. I decided right then that I would invest in the very best that money could buy because the tools that I was to use would reflect on my commitment and professionalism. Today I own well over 80K's worth of the worlds very finest hand tools.....I dread to think what your kit looks like  ........and trust me on this, there's not a single hand tool you could ever dream of that's missing from my box 
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