Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
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Re: Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
What a beauty. I do like sexy spanners.
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Re: Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
Did not know such a thing existed.
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Re: Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
Find a flattish combination spanner slip it over the nut, then you could if needed put a. Bend in it to give you more movement, just a thought on this, one of the tricks for tight spots, boot sales for picking up cheap tools.
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Re: Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
Not just an AMC problem. The access to the 12 point nuts at the base of my '71 Bonneville cylinder is a real problem. I've had to grind a lot of metal from around a 1/2" A/F ring spanner before I can get it over the nuts.
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Re: Cylinder barrel base nut, access?
Looking at the picture I can see that there are thick washers under the nuts, these were never specified by the factory, the nuts were simply wound down onto the barrel. I know it doesn't seem good engineering practice but there must have been a reason for their omission. Secondly without them fitted it leaves a gap for a ring spanner to be slid between the barrel fin and the top of the nut.