Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 18:09:21 +0100 From: "Mike P" <stickitnospamranus.com> Subject: Re: How do I undo this bolt?
"Mike P" <stickitnospamranus.com> wrote in message news:2gmudpF4lij9U1nospamberlin.de... > The clamp bolt that is on the gear linkage? I want to adjust the linkage > because I've just put a gearlever in that isn't knackered at the bottom. > I've locked it in 3rd gear using a 4mm rod, but I can't even get a spanner > or socket on the sodding bolt. It's above the steering rack so I cant get it > from below, and despite sitting on top of the engine reaching down, I can't > get at it from the top because of the pulleys. > > Someone please help me!! How do do it without making a U-shaped spanner or > chopping half my hand off? There must be some trick to this. > > 1989 900S by the way..£150 ebay special!! > Thanks!! > Mike P Done it - chopped a cheapo 13mm ring spanner in half with the grinder. Works perfectly :-) Mike