Toolkit/Multitool recommendations

Lozzo wrote

It seems to me that mileage varies from bike to bike with these little
toys. Which is a shame as I would put one on my Christmas list if I
were confident it would work.

 

Err, whats wrong with a bit of tube. I tried bleeding mine last weekend with
one of those Halfrauds one man bleeding kits with a one way valve. It was a
right fucker until I did the decent thing and cut the valve off. Easy as
piss after that.

 

Err, Bear, is that you?

 

Bear says...

Not correct. What draws the pistons back is fluid transference from one
part of the system to another. As the master cylinder piston retracts
back to it's resting place, the pistons will naturally draw back into
the caliper. They don't have any choice, unless one or more sticks.

I was always taught to only replace those that required replacing. I'm
rapidly becoming very dissillusioned about the standard of education I
received.

 

I'm with Lozzo on this one.

 

Aaaaaw.

 

Bear says...

That's the explanation I've been looking for. I have some sherbert bon-
bons here, do you think if I tied them to the calipers it might entice
the pixies back?

 

Bear says...

Plan. Do you happen to know if they like cheese? If they do I may
replace the new fasteners I've fitted with the standard ones I took
off.

 

Bear says...

Hmmm, I was thinking of using that as chain lube. Me being a bit of a
lightweight I was more inclined towards using Diet Tizer as fork
damping fluid.

 

I always thought that, you know? Until I used a Mityvac. They are
indeed the dog's danglies when it comes to drawing fluid. No pumping
required, no stress, no panics about nipping the nipple (ooerr missus)
up, nowt. Bit of grease on the nipple threads and Robert's a close
relative.

There's a lot to be said for the old-fashioned way - bit of tube in a
pot of fluid, one bloke working the pedal/lever, another on the nipple
(don't do it) but for solo ops, the Mityvac has it.

 

Lozzo says...

This muppet here can't even get the spark plugs out of a suzuki. The
little bastards are buried so deep they must be sparking in the sump and
they're an odd size so I had to buy an 18mm long reach socket which I've
subsequently found out is too wide to fit down the gap...

 

I recently had a set of organic EBC (I assume these are the cheaper
ones), they were so crap they couldn't even knock the rust off the cast
disks.

HH weren't too bad but were worn out even quicker than OE Brembo.

 

Hah! BT,DT. The best (and perhaps only) tool in this situation is
the one in the toolkit. If it didn't come with the bike, try to get
one. Failing that, your best move is to obtain an old-fashioned box
spanner of the appropriate hex size and grind it down externally to
fit the tube in the head. To retain the plug in the box spanner, use
a lump of Blu-Tak or stick a chunky magnet on the side of it.

 

Pip says...

Unsurprisingly the plug spanner is the one thing that's missing from the
toolkit. I tried an 18mm box spanner but that's too wide as well. Ho
humm off to the Suzuki to see if they have one, if not its angle grinder
time...