Rear bearing nut tool

[vrodrjs]

I need to get one of these. I found a post from 2011 that had a part number for the tool (529036113), does anybody know if that is the same tool used on a 2012 RT? Also a while back I saw a post that had an alternate tool but of course now that I need one I can't find that post. Any help would be great. Thanks.

 

[Lamonster]

I use a flat strap and a large crescent wrench.

 

[vrodrjs]

How do you torque it?

 

[Lamonster]

How do you torque it?

If you mean torque it with a torque wrench I don't. If that's important to you then you can't my way. I've been tightening nuts and bolts long enough to know when a nut is tight enough.

 

[vrodrjs]

Not overly important to me. Thanks.

 

[cptjam]

This works!

A wrecking bar from Home Depot works perfectly! Fits in, gives plenty of leverage to remove and replace, and is cheap! Joe

 

[JayBros]

See post #2 in this thread: http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...Need-help-finding-part&highlight=Rear+Spanner.

 

[Chupaca]

There you go....

I have more tools than I will admit to. Too many shops too many years collecting special tool to use in my Mobil repair shop. I have found that now if I don't have it I will make it or combine enough of what I have to make it work. And as Lamont said "been doing this so long my manual (hand) torque wrench knows.....:dontknow:

 

[finless]

I use a flat strap and a large crescent wrench.

+100..... Don't spend the money on that over priced tool.

Another thing you can do is take a piece of flat steel "close" to the right thickness and make it the proper length. Then find a 1/4" drive socket you don't care about. Take it to a welder and have the flat steel welded to the open end of the socket. Now you can use a torque wrench and get it right.

Bob

 

[finless]

Here is another idea to make your own tool.

Skip to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.

Bob

 

[Gordy]

There is a tool made for box bicycles that fits the nut that' holds the bearing in sorry don't know part number but it works very well you can buy it at a bicycle shop

 

[Gordy]

Sorry misspelled should be bmx bicycle

 

[Gordy]

Looked it up on eBay it's called park tool FR6 for bmx

 

[jcthorne]

The BRP tool shows up on Ebay pretty regularly for about $20. I did the boring thing and just bought one a few years ago. Using the right tool really does make the job easy. Its paid for itself many times over.

Question while on the subject, do the new one piece rear wheels with the integrated hub have that nut? Do you just use a bearing puller from the outside since you cannot press the bearings out from the back side?

And why did they use a circlip on one side and an odd ball nut on the other? Seems they were designed by two different persons that never spoke to each other...