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Whit Moyer
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I am the proud new owner of an old Tommasini road bike w/ full dura-ace group.
I'm stripping it down for a good cleaning/rust removing/frame savering/possible repaint.
The only problem is that the dustcaps on the cranks are being extremely stubborn. They're dura-ace
as well, and have two small holes 180 degrees apart from each other. There is no lip to stick a
screw driver in, and attempts with needle nose pliers have only damaged them. I even tried to make a
more accurate tool with a salad fork sans the two middle prongs, no luck. I tried nailing two nails
into a piece of wood, and using it as a specialty wrench, it only bent the nails.
According to this pdf: http://www.d.umn.edu/~fols0021/bike/Chapter20.pdf (page 4), there's a special
shimano tool for this dustcap (TL-FC20).
So, my questions are: Should I try and find this tool myself? Do bikeshops carry this kind of thing?
Is there another makeshift solution?
Thanks,
Whit
I'm stripping it down for a good cleaning/rust removing/frame savering/possible repaint.
The only problem is that the dustcaps on the cranks are being extremely stubborn. They're dura-ace
as well, and have two small holes 180 degrees apart from each other. There is no lip to stick a
screw driver in, and attempts with needle nose pliers have only damaged them. I even tried to make a
more accurate tool with a salad fork sans the two middle prongs, no luck. I tried nailing two nails
into a piece of wood, and using it as a specialty wrench, it only bent the nails.
According to this pdf: http://www.d.umn.edu/~fols0021/bike/Chapter20.pdf (page 4), there's a special
shimano tool for this dustcap (TL-FC20).
So, my questions are: Should I try and find this tool myself? Do bikeshops carry this kind of thing?
Is there another makeshift solution?
Thanks,
Whit