I need a tool that I can't find

would a wera vde spanner be any better?

I cant visualize what you are working with here

(you replied while I was typing that)

How much force we need on this pin?

Could this be the one application in the world where that cheesy socket gimmick with 50 needle bearings inside could work?
 
Ron said:
You should build a tool….patent said tool.
Then sell it to them for …$100 each…convince them their customers will pay $200…profit
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I would, but it's only used internally for service, not something we would sell to customers. We've managed to make it so complicated, that we've never had a single customer (successfully) service this unit :rolleyes:
 
a wv 100 ball valve wrench is too big and thats the smallest size I know of. but you probably already found that
 
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This piece is installed in the end of a shaft, so the only thing sticking out is the 2.35mm of head

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And here's the problem with a typical open end wrench.
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You end up loading significantly on 2 points because it's 12.9mm instead of 12.99mm. That wears out the wrench rather quickly, and then you lose the nice square edge and it slips off.
 
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Just waterjet a new tool with all of the specs you need out of high strength steel. Or grind down the 13mm wrench to be skinny and then put a rubberized coating on it to fill in the small gaps you are having problems with. Surely you can come up with a mastermind solution for this job! haha Also you might be able to use the aluminum anodized open end wrenches that are used for AN fittings and just grind them down if their profile is too fat.

or maybe these?

SAE Service Wrench Set, 15-Piece

Amazing deals on this 15Pc Sae Service Wrench Set at Harbor Freight. Quality tools & low prices.
www.harborfreight.com
 
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jeepinmatt said:
And here's the problem with a typical open end wrench.
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I'm sure you've tried it already, but that looks like a 1/2" wrench would work better... If 1/2" is too small, get a Harbor Freight Pittsburg wrench so it spreads a bit...
 
Those genius Germans didn’t provide you with the tools you need to service the tools you sell? Throw this back over the wall into their (Patrick’s) lap and let them figure it out. “Sorry, we can’t do anymore repairs because we don’t have appropriate tooling and we’re damaging the customers’ products and there’s no off-the-shelf solution commercially available.” “And the customers are angry” - gotta throw that in there. Nothing you come up with will be as good as a German could do it. :lol:
 
Get ready for my insanely accurate blue print design.
I assume you need an actual socket, not a shop made one?
Typical shallow, chrome socket, appropriate diameter. Cut down throug the big end opening correct width, + 1/8" on each side, weld 1/8" flat stock across both sides of the opening, done.
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Man you guys never disappoint. In for the solution.....
 
I feel like I made the winning post, but it was missed
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I feel like in the time this thread has run, a tool could have been made.
 
jeepinmatt said:
Yes! Exactly that, but in 13mm, and make it MUCH more expensive, haha!
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Does it even need to be a handle style tool?
I'm of the opinion that a socket style tool that is a cylinder with a slot cut out of the bottom and 3/8" square head for a ratchet would be way mo betta.
A 13mm socket w/ the sides ground down via dremmel would work too.
 


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