what size cone spanner/s

flyingdutch said:

After doing my fist freehub service yesterday and lots of swearing and
knuckle-hurting the realisation that one DOES need the right tools hit
me 🙄

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb
(no doubt the campy road stuff is different. sigh)

I have the 13/14 and 15/16 spanners and that is all I've needed for my
various hubs. Sounds like you've got the job done but if you need to
borrow them give me a yell.

DaveB

Dutchy said:

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb
(no doubt the campy road stuff is different. sigh)

Dunno about that filthy Shimano stuff, but a pair of 13s and a pair of 14's is all I've ever needed for my Campy hubs.

I can recommend the Park ones - they're very nice. The cheapo ones are often too wide to fit.

Cheers,

Suzy

I've just finished rebuilding a Shimano MTB freehub and I needed to use a
pedal spanner (17) on the locknuts as my cone wrenches (13/14/15/16) only
fitted the cones (funny that). I've done a few other hubs that were the
same.

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After doing my fist freehub service yesterday and lots of swearing and
knuckle-hurting the realisation that one DOES need the right tools hit
me 🙄

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb
(no doubt the campy road stuff is different. sigh)

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flyingdutch

flyingdutch said:

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb (no doubt the campy road stuff is different. sigh)

Just get a ruler and see what the measurement is from 'flat bit to flat bit' on the cone. So if the space is 15mm, it's a 15mm spanner. Ezi

flyingdutch said:

After doing my fist freehub service yesterday and lots of swearing and
knuckle-hurting the realisation that one DOES need the right tools hit
me 🙄

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb
(no doubt the campy road stuff is different. sigh)

17mm

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Nick

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flyingdutch said:

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb (no doubt the
campy road stuff is different. sigh)

Just get a ruler and see what the measurement is from 'flat bit to flat
bit' on the cone. So if the space is 15mm, it's a 15mm spanner. Ezi

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JayWoo

'Flat bit' is of course the technical term? 😄

Ash

NoZX6R said:

17mm

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Nick

Yers. LBS reckons 15 + 17mm for rear shimano hub

flyingdutch said:

NoZX6R said:

17mm

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Nick

Yers. LBS reckons 15 + 17mm for rear shimano hub

You can get a kit of cheap cone spanners for all sizes, but I'd be very
suprised if a 15 and 17 wasn't sufficient. They work fine for home
use. I think mine were about $15? They're just chromed mild steel.
Remember cone bearings don't have to be (and shouldn't be!) tight, so
you don't really need expensive tools - the only really nice thing
about the more expensive cone spanners is they have padded handles,
which if you're working with them a lot makes them more comfortable.

A5Hi5M said:

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Quoted message said:

flyingdutch said:

So, what size Cone Spanners do i need? Shimano hub on mtb (no doubt the
campy road stuff is different. sigh)

Just get a ruler and see what the measurement is from 'flat bit to flat
bit' on the cone. So if the space is 15mm, it's a 15mm spanner. Ezi

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JayWoo

'Flat bit' is of course the technical term? 😄

Actually it is. In the Imperial spanner sizings, 1/2" A/F literally
means 1/2" Across the Flats of the bolt head. This differentiated it
from BSF and Whitworth that marked the spanners with the sizes of the
bolt *threads*.

From http://www.mackay.co.uk/acatalog/Catalogue_Spanners_236.html
talking about spanner sizing:

These are in most cases referred to 'across the flats' (A/F) sizes,

i.e. the size across the flats of the hexagon nut or bolt head, and can
be either in Metric or Imperial fractional sizes.

The exception to this is the old British standard size of bolts (BSW or
BSF) where the size given is invariably the diameter of the bolt and not
the head. As the BSF is a finer thread than BSW, BSF bolts need a
smaller head than BSW to reduce the possibility of stripping. Thus for
example a 3/8BSF bolt has only the same head size as that of a 5/16 BSW.

Cheers,
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BrettS

Bleve said:

flyingdutch said:

NoZX6R said:

17mm

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Nick

Yers. LBS reckons 15 + 17mm for rear shimano hub

You can get a kit of cheap cone spanners for all sizes, but I'd be very
suprised if a 15 and 17 wasn't sufficient. They work fine for home
use. I think mine were about $15? They're just chromed mild steel.
Remember cone bearings don't have to be (and shouldn't be!) tight, so
you don't really need expensive tools - the only really nice thing
about the more expensive cone spanners is they have padded handles,
which if you're working with them a lot makes them more comfortable.

At the rate I lose tools, a K-mart spanner and a bench grinder to get it
thin enough always work for me...

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BrettS

Bleve said:

flyingdutch said:

NoZX6R said:

17mm

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Nick

Yers. LBS reckons 15 + 17mm for rear shimano hub

You can get a kit of cheap cone spanners for all sizes, but I'd be very
suprised if a 15 and 17 wasn't sufficient. They work fine for home
use. I think mine were about $15? They're just chromed mild steel.
Remember cone bearings don't have to be (and shouldn't be!) tight, so
you don't really need expensive tools - the only really nice thing
about the more expensive cone spanners is they have padded handles,
which if you're working with them a lot makes them more comfortable.

I'll disagree there. The cones don't need to be tight against the
balls, but the lock nuts should be tight against the cones. The first
(_really_ cheap) set I bought were not up to the job. Now I have one
(just a 15mm does all my different wheels) that was about $15 and it is
holding up OK.

Brian.

Cheap cone spanners tend to dent and then dont fit properly.

Use a 17mm spanner on the locking nuts as it is easier.

A 15mm cone spanner will be the go.

Paulie-AU said:

Cheap cone spanners tend to dent and then dont fit properly.

Use a 17mm spanner on the locking nuts as it is easier.

A 15mm cone spanner will be the go.

coolio. fanx all. off to buy 15mm cone spanner...

Brian Watson said:

Bleve said:

flyingdutch said:

NoZX6R Wrote:

>17mm
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>Nick

Yers. LBS reckons 15 + 17mm for rear shimano hub

You can get a kit of cheap cone spanners for all sizes, but I'd be very
suprised if a 15 and 17 wasn't sufficient. They work fine for home
use. I think mine were about $15? They're just chromed mild steel.
Remember cone bearings don't have to be (and shouldn't be!) tight, so
you don't really need expensive tools - the only really nice thing
about the more expensive cone spanners is they have padded handles,
which if you're working with them a lot makes them more comfortable.

I'll disagree there. The cones don't need to be tight against the
balls, but the lock nuts should be tight against the cones.

They don't need to be torqued up beyond what a pretty generic cone
wrench can handle.

The first

Quoted message said:

(_really_ cheap) set I bought were not up to the job. Now I have one
(just a 15mm does all my different wheels) that was about $15 and it is
holding up OK.

Yeah, the ones you got with a toolbelt and a yellow plastic shovel
won't do it 🙂

Bleve said:

Brian Watson wrote:

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Quoted message said:

The first

Quoted message said:

(_really_ cheap) set I bought were not up to the job. Now I have one
(just a 15mm does all my different wheels) that was about $15 and it is
holding up OK.

Yeah, the ones you got with a toolbelt and a yellow plastic shovel
won't do it 🙂

You may laugh - but they were sold to me by the LBS who knew I liked to
"play"... They worked OK for a little while - until I tried to undo the
cones on one of my hard rubbish finds and they just dented. The $15 one
handled it fine.

Brian