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Old 04-10-2012, 07:51 PM
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If you have a buddy with a welder have him weld a piece of bar stock to the side of a socket. It's what I did.
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I bought the amazon like tool online, probably through amazon...it works great and my adjustment is still great after 1./5 years.
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Originally Posted by grkboy707
Yeah I could have used one of those. I brought all my tools that I would need home from work (my 10mm wrenches, sockets, ratchets, flathead, etc), tore into it, and realized that a 10mm wrench aint happening. I had to ghetto-fab one of those tools from a deep well socket. I grinded down 2 sides flat so that I could fit a wrench on it. It worked great!..but now I need a new 10mm deep well...the most common socket used haha
That's a good idea grkboy! 10mm deep sockets are relatively cheap, I wouldn't mind sacrificing one for a valve adjustment tool.
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Old 04-12-2012, 06:24 AM
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humm. maybe I will give ebay a search. Thanks for the tips, if I can't find one I may just make one!
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Originally Posted by J-Speed Inc.
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Yeah I could have used one of those. I brought all my tools that I would need home from work (my 10mm wrenches, sockets, ratchets, flathead, etc), tore into it, and realized that a 10mm wrench aint happening. I had to ghetto-fab one of those tools from a deep well socket. I grinded down 2 sides flat so that I could fit a wrench on it. It worked great!..but now I need a new 10mm deep well...the most common socket used haha
That's a good idea grkboy! 10mm deep sockets are relatively cheap, I wouldn't mind sacrificing one for a valve adjustment tool.
I fail to see how this is an improvement over a box end wrench.
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picked up the alltrade 10mm version from Canadian tire as a closeout for 12 bucks. Like a boss!

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p.s. just checked ebay...http://www.ebay.com/itm/10mm-Honda-J..._Tools&vxp=mtr
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Originally Posted by darcyw
picked up the alltrade 10mm version from Canadian tire as a closeout for 12 bucks. Like a boss!

darcy

p.s. just checked ebay...http://www.ebay.com/itm/10mm-Honda-J..._Tools&vxp=mtr
Thanks bud! Will be ordering one first chance I can lol
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Originally Posted by dwight
I fail to see how this is an improvement over a box end wrench.
If you have ever done a valve adjustment on this engine you would understand. I did my last valve adjustment with a box end wrench and it was a royal PITA.
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+1 on the powerbuilt tool on amazon for $12
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Originally Posted by slalom44
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I fail to see how this is an improvement over a box end wrench.
If you have ever done a valve adjustment on this engine you would understand. I did my last valve adjustment with a box end wrench and it was a royal PITA.
I read the guy's post. He said that it's better. I don't understand why. You reiterating that it's better without an explanation leaves me in the same position as before, still not understanding.

If you think that I wasn't aware that I could pull my valve cover and try it myself, you were mistaken. I know that I could do that, but it seems somewhat inconvenient.
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