koni yellow cartridge install tool

[eage8]

I was just wondering what everyone who has koni yellows used to screw on the top retaining nut they come with. it only has 2 holes in it...



to install mine I used a set of needle nose plyers, but now I have to unscrew it to install my ground controls and I can't get it out...

short of making something like this:


anyone have any ideas?

(thanks blof-fan for the pictures )

[SuperRA]

A spanner wrench is what you want. Something like this

Of course there ar many variations though.

[eage8]

interesting, I didn't know they existed :P

any idea where I could get one before tomorrow? haha I have an autocross on Saturday morning...

[SuperRA]

You can probably just make one that is sufficient out of some steel bar stock and some bolts. Just bolt a short section onto a long section making a lower case "y" shape instead of a capital "Y". Be sure to wrap the strut shaft near the nut. Last thing you want to do is slip off nicking that portion.

[Blof-fan]

Originally Posted by eage8

(thanks blof-fan for the pictures )

No problem. Thats what they are for

[eage8]

I stopped by harbor freight at lunch and got one of these:



hopefully it'll do the job, I'm not sure if it's wide enough.

[SuperRA]

Ahh yea, I have one of those. I use it for my angle grinder. I wonder if it is long enough to get sufficient torque.

[eage8]

ok, ground control install is complete

the pin wrench didn't work... it was juuuust to narrow, but a giant set of channel locks I picked up from crazy rays worked fine

http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-to...ers-94288.html

[rdyzz]

i would recheck that gland nut after some hard driving. i didnt have a tool, so i put it in a vice and turn it with a bar as tight as i could. i checked it again after some hard driving and the shaft had play since the nut loosened up.