New tool for FP manifolds

[Sospikey]

After some grinding, this is my b-pipe (and type 4 manifold) wrench:

 

[rollin5150]

Haha,

Right up until you have to take the cylinder off the kawi.

Yup

 

[Shifty]

After some grinding, this is my b-pipe (and type 4 manifold) wrench:

I thinned my box end like this ^^^^ and it works really well. When the open end is thinned it gets too weak and flares open over time. It won't allow full tightening of the two bolts without slipping I have noticed.

 

[Big Kahuna]

No you dont.... it is imposible to get them to turn a full turn with a regular wrench.

You can get them to do as many turns as you like providing you removed all the other bolts. Or, you just loosen them enough for the manifold to slide out from under the bolt head.

 

[grezzmky]

You can get them to do as many turns as you like providing you removed all the other bolts. Or, you just loosen them enough for the manifold to slide out from under the bolt head.

Well i must have had a super thick wrench then cause i couldnt turn it far enough to get to the next point to put the wrench back on.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Well i must have had a super thick wrench then cause i couldnt turn it far enough to get to the next point to put the wrench back on.

with a standard wrech out of a package no, you would not. With the wrench that comes in the tool kits or a ground down 12mm wrench you can. It is usually, "Turn, flip, Turn, flip, Turn, flip, Turn" and you can get the bolt loose pretty quick. The dry pipes are very similar where you have to grind a wrench for the 2 lower bolts.

 

[sjetrider]

I have those wrenches in my box and they are not the ticket that u think they are. I have tried using them and they really don't help any.

Do the grinding on a normal wrench and u WILL be happy.

they tend to open up on ya when you put any torque on them though. Im costantly puting the grinded wrench in the vice and recalibrating it LOL. So these angled units do not really work huh? The would have to be pretty thin.

 

[sjetrider]

they need to make a tool that holds your mouth right while puting on new couplers.

 

[Big Kahuna]

Bwaaahaaaaahaaaaahaa

Gil just superglues them together. He still cannot figure out why they keep coming loose.

 

[stuntbikemike]

I use a normal open ended box wrench that I ground real thin and also ground down the outer edges as well.

x2....i usually will make a tool work

 

[Waternut]

Well i must have had a super thick wrench then cause i couldnt turn it far enough to get to the next point to put the wrench back on.

That was always my problem and these wrenches will at least offer some movement. I had to do the turn/flip/pry thing to try and get it. Usually took about 15-20 minutes to tighten those two bolts so anything was better than what I had.

I have ground down wrenches in the past and never had any luck with that. They all just flex when you put any torque on them so that's why I never tried that.