REClassicBikes@aol.com wrote:
>
> probably way off topic but it will help my sanity. I bought a pile of stock
> recently amongst which was some kind of tool. The guy told me was a Campag
> one for removing thingies. he couldn't recall the name of the thingies. I
> said "do not worry I will work it out". Ha, famous last words.
>
> Ok, a two piece tool. One male tread fits inside a flat knurled wheel with a
> female thread inside. The wheel is 30mm diameter, with knurls around it
> circumference. The centre threaded hole is 12mm.
>
> The piece that threads in to it is a hole bolt. It is machine on its inside
> to take a 6mm Allen key. It is threaded at one, this threads in to the wheel.
> The other end widens out to a section with six machined faces on it, which
> taper slightly getting wider as you move away from the threaded end, 15mm
> across opposite faces. The opposite end to the threads has a flange with an
> overall diameter of 21mm. From the flange ends, three slots have been cut in
> to the bolt, along the axis of the centre hole. These slots will allow the
> six flat faces to compress slightly, fitting into a hex slot like a 15mm
> allen key. The six faces taper out slightly toward the flange so they would
> wedge in. The knurled wheel would allow you to pull these faces in.
>
> It is obviously for gripping a 15mm socket and turning it with the 6mm key,
> but where on bicycle would you need to do this?
The tool is an adapter to allow a Campagnolo 15mm crank bolt wrench to be turned into a 6mm allen bolt wrench to use with the integral crank removal bolts used with the C-Record cranks.
Outside the CR list timeline...
Chuck Schmidt L.A.
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