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17 mm allan key for $8.80!
type82e - July 30th, 2003 at 11:04 AM

I was at my local discount tool place today and they had a box there of 17 mm allan keys (for undoing oil plugs and its pivot bolts) not a common tool I thought as someone earlier said they had trouble finding one. I had made one myself out of a 17 mm bolt and a piece of steel but for $8.80 I'll get the real mckoy.
Is this cheap or is that the normal price?
marcel


Brad - July 30th, 2003 at 11:36 AM

Depends what brand they are.


sikdub - July 30th, 2003 at 11:11 PM

Got mine through autopro and had to order it in, cost me $14. So $8.80 sounds pretty good to me. :thumb
Steven


type82e - July 31st, 2003 at 07:30 AM

that's what I thought you'd have to put a fair bit of force to break it or bugger the face on it so I didnt think that i'd need a sidchrome one
marcel


Brad - July 31st, 2003 at 09:00 AM

If you buy crap you get crap. With your 17mm allen key I do not think it will brake. I do think the corners will round and the shaft will bend though. Some of those bolts are bloody tight.
Tell you what, buy one and try removing some pivot box bolts.


type82e - July 31st, 2003 at 08:06 PM

I did buy one and undid the pivot bolts on my superbug rear cut.
they didnt seem real tight so maybe it wasnt a real good test of it but for undoing oil plugs and the like and the ocassional pivot bolt it seems alright
marcel