3mm Allen Key - Long...

[BeTz]

Howdy everyone,

I'm part way through putting my forks back together after a major clean and service with new seals. Only thing is that I need a 3mm allen key that is about 300mm long (or maybe longer, forgot to take the measurement), and I don't have one. My mate is supposed to be welding something up for me at work today, but he has a habit of forgetting these kinds of things. I'd really like to put my forks back together this week so I can hit up Canning Mills Rd for the first time on Saturday arvo. Anyone got one I could borrow for an evening?

Thanks.

PS. If you are thinking of riding on the weekend, there'll be two or three of us there early saturday arvo...

[Jagman]

Are you sure that that's the only way to get it back together? If you have a fairly large diameter than you can fit in there you could use a heap of extensions on a ratchet bar with the allen key heads on it. How did you get it apart without one?

[BeTz]

I completely forgot about that - that was going to be my plan when i took them apart! The bike shop ended up pulling that leg apart for me when they fitted the seals. I'll go to bunnings and buy myself a set of allen key sockets tonight... The shop put the leg partially back together in a different way to the manual, which is why i need the key. I think that i will try and find a long key anyway as I need it to adjust the damping in the forks (the socket won't fit through the spring to do that adjustment) when the fork is together.