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From: JayC on 20 Nov 2009 13:14 I needed a 9mm open-end wrench to hold the motor shaft during a recent Kirby teardown - I own(ed) only one, which was suspiciously absent. Odd, since no machine on the planet (with the exception of the Kirby shaft) is made using 9mm fasteners. After failing with pliers and vice grips, my project was on hold until I replaced the missing wrench. I went on a search, and quickly found that 9mm wrenches aren't included with wrench sets, as a general rule. It falls with just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Anyway, after looking at a dozen different places unsuccessfully, I ended up at Sears, where I could get a single 9mm Craftsman wrench for $6. However, I also found an inexpensive 10 wrench set that actually included 9mm for only $9, which is what I bought. The set was made by Evolv, which is evidently a newish line carried by Sears. The wrenches are polished chrome with a smooth finish and somewhat feminine lines - very pretty tools. I wonder if anyone has experience with this brand of tools - good or bad? JayC
From: Tiago on 20 Nov 2009 13:51 On Nov 20, 3:14 pm, JayC <j...(a)sysmatrix.net> wrote: > It falls with > just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Can't remember which, but I'm sure I own an engine with a 9mm nut somewhere. Or was I owned? Can't really remember, but regarding 15mm, all my pedal bycicles had 15mm axle nuts and on my current XR250 Tornado dirt bike the magneto bolt is a 18mm... Really odd is the 11mm bolts that hold the e-starter motor on all Hondas I messed with. good luck with your new tools! sometimes buying tools relax the mind and bring happiness! I just built a chicken house. Too bad I've got no spare weekend - this or the next week - to go to the public market and get myself three or four baby chickens, the first guests... No wrenches were needed in the building of the chicken house. Can't wait for the first chicken barbecue! Any hints on how to slaughter them not being beheading the poor thing???? -- T -> my bike has a thick layer of dust, non-working charging system, dirt carburetor and an owner who is not so happy about spending hours on it again...
From: john on 20 Nov 2009 14:31 how about filling a 8mm i have a set of whitworth wrenches left over from my silly days when i thought lucas "prince of darkness" would help me see when the brakes faded on the xk120... kirby? isn't that the indestructible vacuum cleaner? why on earth would you need to work on one of those? john Come!" I looked and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was named Death, and Hades was following close behind him. <he rode a BSA, cause hades was the only guy that could keep one running> "JayC" <jwc(a)sysmatrix.net> wrote in message news:f04fe007-2c7f-47de-b29f-5d387aa6e979(a)c3g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... >I needed a 9mm open-end wrench to hold the motor shaft during a recent > Kirby teardown - I own(ed) only one, which was suspiciously absent. > Odd, since no machine on the planet (with the exception of the Kirby > shaft) is made using 9mm fasteners. After failing with pliers and > vice grips, my project was on hold until I replaced the missing > wrench. I went on a search, and quickly found that 9mm wrenches > aren't included with wrench sets, as a general rule. It falls with > just similarly elusive 15mm and 18mm sizes, I guess. Anyway, after > looking at a dozen different places unsuccessfully, I ended up at > Sears, where I could get a single 9mm Craftsman wrench for $6. > However, I also found an inexpensive 10 wrench set that actually > included 9mm for only $9, which is what I bought. > > The set was made by Evolv, which is evidently a newish line carried by > Sears. The wrenches are polished chrome with a smooth finish and > somewhat feminine lines - very pretty tools. I wonder if anyone has > experience with this brand of tools - good or bad? > > JayC
From: JayC on 20 Nov 2009 15:18 > kirby? isn't that the indestructible vacuum cleaner? > why on earth would you need to work on > one of those? Yes, it is the indestructible vacuum - I have 3 of them. I had to replace the impeller fan on one of the G4s 'cause my daughter sucked up a quarter or something and broke it. $15 and 15 minutes later, it's good for another 10 years (provided you have a 9mm open-end wrench). I bought the first one legit ~15 years ago for an obnoxious amount of dough, but got the other two from Ebay for about 1/10th of current retail - they always need a little bit of servicing, but I'm a Kirby mechanic (self-proclaimed). JayC
From: john on 23 Nov 2009 09:39
"The Real Bev" < > Craftsman tools aren't really very pretty. I like Thorson ratchets, but I > haven't seen one like that for a long time. The dumb modern design requires two > hands to adjust. Proto makes really beautiful pliers that don't pinch your > finger if you grab them the wrong way. > I've become less selective in my tool choices, not I just grab what's in reach (it's harder to get up off concrete floor than I remember) usually I bring the "tool Blanket" the pouch with metrics & SAE from 8mm to 1-1/2".. than and a BFH & crescent usually do the trick. I have a set of autogrip groovelock pliers that have been useful for light duty use, because they don't require two hands to adjust the clamping size, they are spring loaded to fully open like a channel lock then as you grip them they close the gap, then shift the jaw a bit so the cam is in the groove so you can clamp hard on them. nice for those hard to reach spots where you plan on replacing the fastener with a new one any how.. >>> Rowdy Mouse Racing, I like to keep things easy, that's why I stay on the >>> track... >> >> dude where did you purchase the boob >> shaped wrenches or was that wrench >> shaped wenches, nevermind I'm sure >> bev can set me straight on this. >> she has the "gift" of clear typing.. > > You're just impressed because I have a working 'shift' key. I don't think a > wrench-shaped wench would be exactly what you had in mind, although I can see > possibilities for wench-shaped wrenches providing you like wenches with really > short legs and a hole in the head where a brain normally resides. > Holy batbrains batman she's missing her cranium cavity. >> excuse me, i need to go shopping > > My 1988 Caddy uses both SAE and metric nuts/bolts/screws. Miserably annoying, > but at least they only use ONE type of metric fastener (what was the thing with > Japan using two slightly different metric sizes a couple of decades back?) and > no Whitworth. > Whitworth had superior thread profile/angle to prevent galling & stripping I would have liked Whitworth to be the standard but wars happen and USA had to ship a bunch of stuff quickly and they used what they had and the British abandoned Whitworth to have interchangeable parts... I think the metric variety pack had something to do with china/japan john you know why women can't measure, <holding fingers just apart this much> because they were told this is 10 inches > -- > Cheers, Bev > ================================================== > Segal's Law: A man with one watch knows the time. > A man with two is never sure. |