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Cylinder head nut spanner [wrench?]

bob hughes

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Ok guys

During this next week I will be putting the last touches to the installation of my newly revamped lead free head and note that after the first 100 miles the head needs to be re torqued. The good book uses a cylinder head nut spanner to tighten the little darlings partly hidden by the rocker shaft, I guess they are as rare to find as hens teeth, what do you chaps use, without taking the rocker shaft off the head.
 
Hello Bob,

Snap On (you should have a local rep, try Yellow pages) make all sorts of spanners to overcome obstructions. I have some 'crows foot sockets' which are like the end of an open end spanner but with the 3\8" female to take a socket drive instead of a shaft, but I know that they do other sorts of obstruction spanners that can be driven from a socket handle.

Alec
 
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