>... The bad news though is that I purchased a wooden knock off
>wrench for my eared wheel knock-offs. The wrench has a great design
>in that it slips over the ears and you whack it rather than your new
>chrome. The bad news though is that it's made out of multi-layer
>plywood of about an inch and a half thick. After one use it became
>apparent that it wasn't going to take much use before delamination
>occurred. If this could be designed with a hard rubber covering it
>would be great. ...
When I fitted chrome wires and two-eared spinners I bought the lead
hammer that everyone else seemed to advertise. I wasn't very keen to
use it since the head seemed very hard, and sure enough, the first
tentative whack left a mark on the spinner. I carried on using it
for a couple of years but always with a piece of wood to protect the
spinners, as the wood got splintered I just chucked it and used
another piece.
Then I spotted a 'Thor' hammer in Halfords which had a nylon handle
and a steel head with an aluminium insert in the one side and a nylon
one in the other. Not another mark on the spinners in four years.
PaulH
73 Roadster (HD&H)
75 V8 (DD)
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