Toilet fix - saved by bike

[Sweep]

Fitting a new ball cock to the toilet I tried in vain to get a grip on stupid extra large thin nut under the cistern holding the old one in - cursing and cursing at the makers for not using the sensible fitting used by the ready and waiting new one, desperate hope dawned.

On searching the bike toolbox I found that the thin 36mm headset spanner was just the job.

Thank you Park Tools.

Info provided as a public service.

[Brucey]

were you flushed with success?

...we've had the campag corkscrew, now the park tools bog spanner; is there a pattern emerging here?

cheers

[Thomas125]

Had to sit down and admire the handiwork afterwards

[rjb]

were you flushed with success?

...we've had the campag corkscrew, now the park tools bog spanner; is there a pattern emerging here?

cheers

and don't forget the Park tool Pizza cutter and dare i say it the "King Dick"

[Redvee]

The bog spanner compliments their TP2 "tool"

[Mick F]

I fixed our Clio's accelerator cable with a short length of bike brake cable.
I did this in October 2006 and it's still like that. Cost nowt.

[reohn2]

I fixed our Clio's accelerator cable with a short length of bike brake cable.
I did this in October 2006 and it's still like that. Cost nowt.

I used to repair certain types of garage doors with a brake cable and a solderless nipple.

[Redvee]

I used to repair certain types of garage doors with a brake cable and a solderless nipple.

When I was in the cycle trade we had a customer who used to buy a bag, 250, of Clarkes solderless nipples and nippleless cables for the washing machine factory across the road from his shop. Given the lack of hanging facilities in my work locker I've got a length of gear cable with threaded through the vents on the door and secured with a joint made from a 3A block connector strip, I hang my pens and a few other bits n pieces from it.

[Sweep]

Thanks for the extra tips chaps.

To clarify, the thin nut in question is plastic.

From my web searches trying to sort the problem it seems to be a very common type of fitting, not just in the UK.

Even if I had had a large enough adjustable spanner (my trusty Bahco wasn't quite big enough) it would have been too wide/clumsy. Park Tool slotted on first time.

[db8000]

"Had to sit down and admire the handiwork afterwards

Was 93.4kg now 78.3kg"

wow, that must have been satisfying...

[reohn2]

Even if I had had a large enough adjustable spanner (my trusty Bahco wasn't quite big enough) it would have been too wide/clumsy. Park Tool slotted on first time.

There's a trick with adjustable spanners to make them open further,perhaps 5 to 10mm for some.
Remove the moving jaw by removing the central screw and knurled worm wheel,then grind off the bit of the jaw that the worm stops against.
The only snag is that the jaw can then be adjusted out completely so better not carry it about with the jaws wide open