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DJ Compassion
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3rd May 05 at 17:23   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

ive got 3 sets of keys here and not one fits to big or to small?

weird, is there a speacil key for it?

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3rd May 05 at 17:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

I did mine with a allen key think it was 10mm

Was either 10mm or 8mm

[Edited on 03-05-2005 by Luke1.4]
sigibbons
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i bought a 7mm L shaped alen key especially for this.
Siberia
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are your trying to take the caliper compltely off the car or are you trying to seperate the calper?

to take the caliper off you need a size 10 hex/alen bit
to sperate is a size 7
James R
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3rd May 05 at 19:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
are your trying to take the caliper compltely off the car or are you trying to seperate the calper?

to take the caliper off you need a size 10 hex/alen bitAnd a big fecking bar
to sperate is a size 7And a big fecking bar


That's a more accurate equipmanet list
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3rd May 05 at 19:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Get an allen key set that fits onto your 1/2 ratchet, much better than one of those keys you buy from Halfords, you just cant undo the bolts with one without depositing the skin off of you knuckles onto a piece of metal somewhere while undoing them...
Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by j1400
quote:
Originally posted by Siberia
are your trying to take the caliper compltely off the car or are you trying to seperate the calper?

to take the caliper off you need a size 10 hex/alen bitAnd a big fecking bar
to sperate is a size 7And a big fecking bar


That's a more accurate equipmanet list


i bought a torque wrench with the intension of using it to tighen nuts but it just get used as a breaker bar

 
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