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20mm Hex Key? Holy Hell!

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Ok, so update time. Since it was only -11 today (without windchill), I decided to do some work on the bike. And the weekend is supposed to be around zero too, so should get some shit done!

Today I put on my clip-on handle bars, and the chrome headlight brackets. Very sexy. Ran into a problem though...



When I was putting on the left bar, I had to take off the left fork cap and bung the thing on with a hammer and wood block. Well it's on fine now, but I have no idea how to put the cap back on the fork, as it's pretty hard to compress the spring and turn the cap at the same time. The hex socket in the cap is 20mm, but I looked around town and no one seems to carry a 20mm hex wrench or anything!

I tried fashioning one out of an old hockey stick, and it works for fitting in the socket, but it's still very hard to get it to go in the fork.





I feel like the hugest noob in the world here :p

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Haha yeah I just figured the bolt fix would work now to, but hey there was a hockey stick and an angle grinder just laying there so I figured what ze hell. I'm going to put the front up on some logs and then try it today, but it's still icy out so it's hard to put my full body weight on the thing. Better bust out the hairdryer!

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Ooooh Garage...How I wish... And my bike didn't come with a center stand when I bought it. I've been thinking of getting one off ebay or something, but I'll be careful with where I put the logs and jack. It was -32 today though, so I didn't get much done.

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Yeah, but my wood was too big for the hole. Had to shave it down a bit o_O

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Ah that's a killer tool! And yeah, I live in Winnipeg. Gimli is the place to go for Ice Racing though, tons of fun.

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Edited by - Trefmawr on Dec 08 2006 6:06:22 PM
Yeah mine has oil shocks, and I only had to remove the left fork cap, as that clip-on was kinda tight. Other than that, it was pretty much the same, slide em on (or hammer in this case) and tighten them up.

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