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HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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Ahhhh, workshop work, so much easier than just using the selection of tools in the work truck.
Deep offset spanner, little head ratchet, just stroll over to the toolbox.
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Silly little locators, slide hammer time.
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Edit Note to self, never buy spring compressors with a drive on one end only, stupid stupid purchase.
 
HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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It's been good lately, haven't needed anything, but work finishes up soon and I realized I don't really have any filter tools, so I just ordered a big Hazet chain type and some Lisle Swivel Grippers for the smaller stuff.
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EDIT- And a Toledo strap-
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HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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Same guy I got the grinder from had some files, walked over to them expecting them to be as sharp as the Don Trump, but at worst they are fairly sharp.
Lots of Aussie made ones, a few English and a a couple of Nicholson from wherever.
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The body blade alone is worth the $30 Aussie seashells.
 
gonefirefightin

gonefirefightin

free wieners
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HardtailHack said:
Same guy I got the grinder from had some files, walked over to them expecting them to be as sharp as the Don Trump, but at worst they are fairly sharp.
Lots of Aussie made ones, a few English and a a couple of Nicholson from wherever.
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The body blade alone is worth the $30 Aussie seashells.
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Those will make some nice knives
 
Subversion_Garage

Subversion_Garage

Chimp
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canadmos

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
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Subversion_Garage said:
I want to pick up a bearing kit, and the three main styles seem to be the following. I assume they are knockoffs of more established kits, so if anyone has some guidance on which kit might be best (or most comprehensive), or do they all suck? I just need it for frame, and hub bearings. Thanks in advance.

Option A

Option B

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I don't think you'll find one kit that'll fit everything.

$80 seems steep for aliexpress...though the ztto stuff seems slightly above average for aliexpress type stuff. I have a few of their tools..

I have this one. It's half the price and will do majority of bearings on a bike.

It won't do headsets or bottom brackets out of the box, but some washers would fix that up (with the rod). Or just look for individual presses for those two applications.



Yeah the colour isn't the greatest...but it works.
 
Subversion_Garage

Subversion_Garage

Chimp
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Yeah, the Ztto kit is the closest I have seen to "complete."

I looked at kits like the one you linked, but is it complete enough to press out the hub, and frame bearings? It seems like it may be missing a deep enough "receiver" cup.
 
HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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This is where I ended up at with crimpers and I'm sure I'll still see things I can't crimp working on something in the future.
I hate trying to identify electrical plugs.
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HardtailHack

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Damn, down to zero battery ratchets, Makita has no drive, Milwaukee has some weird fault light flashing and the Snap-On stinks and the ratchet won't change directions.
Might get the Snap-On rebuilt.
 
HardtailHack

HardtailHack

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Subversion_Garage said:
I bought one of those hydraulic crimpers years ago (for cables), and have zero regrets :D
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One of the hex types?
A place I did some work for was using EBay level ones for commercial use and they said they were lasting pretty well.
I'd love hex jaws for mine but they are too expensive, so I'm stuck with JIS.
 
rideit

rideit

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Aug 24, 2004
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Have any of you had to cut/trim cable housing while out on a ride? Buddy had a mechanical today that would have been easy-peasy with a housing cutter. We used a leatherman, but the cut was really shitty. I would love to hear of a lightweight, discrete solution.
Did a bunch of searches, I have not found a product like this.
(doesn’t have to be from bike tools)
 
Westy

Westy

the teste
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rideit said:
Have any of you had to cut/trim cable housing while out on a ride? Buddy had a mechanical today that would have been easy-peasy with a housing cutter. We used a leatherman, but the cut was really shitty. I would love to hear of a lightweight, discrete solution.
Did a bunch of searches, I have not found a product like this.
(doesn’t have to be from bike tools)
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Make a disk brake mount for a grinding wheel. Mount. Run along side while going downhill with the housing to trim accordingly. Don't get your fingers into the spokes!
 
canadmos

canadmos

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What happened that you needed to cut a cable?

When I've gone on rides where you end up far from any rescue or bail out point, I just bring a whole new cable..
 
Adventurous

Adventurous

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rideit said:
Have any of you had to cut/trim cable housing while out on a ride? Buddy had a mechanical today that would have been easy-peasy with a housing cutter. We used a leatherman, but the cut was really shitty. I would love to hear of a lightweight, discrete solution.
Did a bunch of searches, I have not found a product like this.
(doesn’t have to be from bike tools)
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A length of hacksaw blade?
 
rideit

rideit

Bob the Builder
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canadmos said:
What happened that you needed to cut a cable?

When I've gone on rides where you end up far from any rescue or bail out point, I just bring a whole new cable..
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The issue wasn’t the cable, but the housing. Basically the housing ferrule cracked/broke where it enters the derailluer, and the end of the housing was too frayed to bodge without trimming it. We also didn’t have a replacement housing ferrule (which I usually do have).
Another advantage of having a way to cut housing is that you can (almost) always cut off a wee bit of housing to get a little more cable, if someone overtorqued the cable nut on the derailluer, and the cable broke there.

TBH, I have not encountered this particular repair out on the trail in 40 years, so probability dictates that I won’t again in my lifetime, buuuuut, now that I just said that….
 
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Subversion_Garage

Subversion_Garage

Chimp
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Canton, Georgia
rideit said:
Have any of you had to cut/trim cable housing while out on a ride? Buddy had a mechanical today that would have been easy-peasy with a housing cutter. We used a leatherman, but the cut was really shitty. I would love to hear of a lightweight, discrete solution.
Did a bunch of searches, I have not found a product like this.
(doesn’t have to be from bike tools)
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Don’t know how these would hold up to shift cables, but they are compact.
JONARD Compact Cable Cutters
 
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