Correct tool??
08-09-23, 09:26 AM
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Correct tool??
I guess I could just try tapping with a screw driver or a punch, or, try using the Hozan tool for notched headsets but I thought I'd ask Incase I damaged the locking nuts.
What is the correct tool for these Suntour hubs?
What is the correct tool for these Suntour hubs?
08-09-23, 09:43 AM
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If it helps, I think they're Suntour XC.
08-09-23, 09:48 AM
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There is a tool for 4-pronged Suntour freewheels but not sure if it would be correct in this instance.
Yeah, I know. Real helpful. 🙄
Yeah, I know. Real helpful. 🙄
08-09-23, 09:53 AM
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i would use the VAR lock ring pliers Nr. 16
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i would use the VAR lock ring pliers Nr. 16
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08-09-23, 10:38 AM
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Maybe this one?:
https://www.bikeforums.net/20809270-post6.html
https://www.bikeforums.net/20809270-post6.html
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I have the VAR tool so I'll try it "carefully".
Trying to find the correct tool might take some doing. Might get one for "next time".
Thank you all
Trying to find the correct tool might take some doing. Might get one for "next time".
Thank you all
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08-09-23, 11:31 AM
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Gets better.
I have the VAR 13, not the 16!🤬
Local man has one so I'll bike over and borrow it.
He doesn't have the correct tool either..
I have the VAR 13, not the 16!🤬
Local man has one so I'll bike over and borrow it.
He doesn't have the correct tool either..
08-09-23, 12:39 PM
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I have the right tool.
PM me your addy and I will send it out to you.
When you're done with it you can send it back.
Unless a better option comes your way.
Rick
I have the right tool.
PM me your addy and I will send it out to you.
When you're done with it you can send it back.
Unless a better option comes your way.
Rick
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08-09-23, 01:37 PM
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The tool for the XC hubs is this one:
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The tool I have is the Suntour NWN which I thought, after the the first few posts, was the correct tool.
It turns out it is a freewheel adjustment tool.
After reading additional posts to this thread it turns out I DON'T have the correct tool.
ARRRRRRRGH
Sorry
Old guy trying to be helpful mistake.
After rooting around my tools I found another Suntour tool that I have no idea if it will work.
The search continues.
This is the other Suntour tool I found and I am NOT sure it will be helpful to you.
The business end
It turns out it is a freewheel adjustment tool.
After reading additional posts to this thread it turns out I DON'T have the correct tool.
ARRRRRRRGH
Sorry
Old guy trying to be helpful mistake.
After rooting around my tools I found another Suntour tool that I have no idea if it will work.
The search continues.
This is the other Suntour tool I found and I am NOT sure it will be helpful to you.
The business end
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@OTS - Maybe someone here will recognize. Does this last tool have a Suntour model number? if so mr. Google might know it's purpose
Edit: believe it's a Suntour BB tool. Question is would it engage the seals on my hubs...**********
Edit: believe it's a Suntour BB tool. Question is would it engage the seals on my hubs...**********
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Found it, in a SunTour dealer catalog: TA230:
The correct tool for the XC hubs is the TA260.
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08-10-23, 06:05 PM
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@JohnDThompson
I had hoped it might work in lieu of finding the TA 260.
It seems I must find the correct tool . Might post a wanna buy on the sales thread. Frustrating that I got a nice 36/40 hole touring wheel set and can't ride them, but the one wheel seems stiff when it spins so better to wait.
I had hoped it might work in lieu of finding the TA 260.
It seems I must find the correct tool . Might post a wanna buy on the sales thread. Frustrating that I got a nice 36/40 hole touring wheel set and can't ride them, but the one wheel seems stiff when it spins so better to wait.
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I liked your idea of a screwdriver and a mallet.
You could fix it, and still be able to do it again at least three more times.
That should take the wheel set into the next century.
You could fix it, and still be able to do it again at least three more times.
That should take the wheel set into the next century.
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@JohnDThompson
I had hoped it might work in lieu of finding the TA 260.
It seems I must find the correct tool . Might post a wanna buy on the sales thread. Frustrating that I got a nice 36/40 hole touring wheel set and can't ride them, but the one wheel seems stiff when it spins so better to wait.
I had hoped it might work in lieu of finding the TA 260.
It seems I must find the correct tool . Might post a wanna buy on the sales thread. Frustrating that I got a nice 36/40 hole touring wheel set and can't ride them, but the one wheel seems stiff when it spins so better to wait.
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08-11-23, 03:15 PM
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Update: I went to a local mechanic who tried the VAR 16 with a wrench and then a socket, neither could turn as they jammed against the VAR 16 which moved it's pins.
Option 2
He tried a Park Pin Spanner - BLUE ONE! (Believe it's the SPA-1)
Next step
Sorry for the blurred photo!
Worked perfectly. This is just a fancy dust cap and holding it still allows the nut to turn. To remove the sealed bearing you follow the standard procedure for removing a hub bearing once the axle is out and the bearing exposed.
In this case, it turns out the dust caps were on too tight and after they were properly adjusted the bearings spun perfectly.
Victory!
Still want that TA 260 "just to have one...."
Option 2
He tried a Park Pin Spanner - BLUE ONE! (Believe it's the SPA-1)
Next step
Sorry for the blurred photo!
Worked perfectly. This is just a fancy dust cap and holding it still allows the nut to turn. To remove the sealed bearing you follow the standard procedure for removing a hub bearing once the axle is out and the bearing exposed.
In this case, it turns out the dust caps were on too tight and after they were properly adjusted the bearings spun perfectly.
Victory!
Still want that TA 260 "just to have one...."
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Thanks for posting a follow-up.
I've got a number of Suntour tools. Just for my edification, do you mind measuring the ID and width of the slots on that dust cap?
I've got a number of Suntour tools. Just for my edification, do you mind measuring the ID and width of the slots on that dust cap?
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Update: I went to a local mechanic who tried the VAR 16 with a wrench and then a socket, neither could turn as they jammed against the VAR 16 which moved it's pins.
Option 2
He tried a Park Pin Spanner - BLUE ONE! (Believe it's the SPA-1)
Next step
Sorry for the blurred photo!
Worked perfectly. This is just a fancy dust cap and holding it still allows the nut to turn. To remove the sealed bearing you follow the standard procedure for removing a hub bearing once the axle is out and the bearing exposed.
In this case, it turns out the dust caps were on too tight and after they were properly adjusted the bearings spun perfectly.
Victory!
Still want that TA 260 "just to have one...."
Option 2
He tried a Park Pin Spanner - BLUE ONE! (Believe it's the SPA-1)
Next step
Sorry for the blurred photo!
Worked perfectly. This is just a fancy dust cap and holding it still allows the nut to turn. To remove the sealed bearing you follow the standard procedure for removing a hub bearing once the axle is out and the bearing exposed.
In this case, it turns out the dust caps were on too tight and after they were properly adjusted the bearings spun perfectly.
Victory!
Still want that TA 260 "just to have one...."
08-11-23, 05:58 PM
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@Hobbiano - You beat me to the measuring!
And as for the blue park tool being hard to find? That is the first law of bike tools. IF YOU NEED IT, THEY DON"T MAKE IT ANY MORE AND NO ONE HAS ONE TO LOAN YOU OR SELL TO YOU!
And as for the blue park tool being hard to find? That is the first law of bike tools. IF YOU NEED IT, THEY DON"T MAKE IT ANY MORE AND NO ONE HAS ONE TO LOAN YOU OR SELL TO YOU!
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