Wanted: Pinhead Tool ASAP

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  • I'm just a fuck up.

  • Still appreciate any other sugggestions

  • Get some JD weld or metal filler putty and make the tool.

    Press it in to get the shape using a big blob and fashion two flats on so you can use a spanner on it. Leave for 24 hours.

    Remove wheel.

  • I'll look for a link to that silly putty thread...

  • You might be able to get enough purchase with a mole wrench. Or cut some flats into the pinhead with a Dremel.

  • Gizmond ill keep that in mind if all else fails , and tom i aint got dremel ! , that'd be appreciated n3lson

  • You would have to be on VERY good terms with your lbs to be able to convince them to cut the lock off.

    I doubt you could talk me into it.

  • Dylan seems to have the best idea. nipping the cones slightly, it will be a job but possible, or a hacksaw cut at a 45 degree angle across the clamp through the skewer, but not all the way through so as to protect your forks

  • Job 1 - cut the protruding section of axle off the end, flush with the rounded bit.

    Job 2 - Cut a slot in the rounded bit using a hacksaw or dremel, so it looks like a screw head.

    Job 3 - get a wide bladed screwdriver (wide enough to span the threaded axle part) and grind out a notch in it's centre wide enough so when you insert it in to the slot it misses the axle all together. Stick it in the slot, and unscrew.
    You could also use something like this to unscrew it after the slot is cut: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3496/3297827436_7d8d0da401_b.jpg

  • You would have to be on VERY good terms with your lbs to be able to convince them to cut the lock off.

    I doubt you could talk me into it.

    Or me.
    I've turned a few down in the past.

  • Thanks for everyones input , i've finally got them off , with just a little scratch :)

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