[Spridgets] Hex Size

Glen Byrns grbyrns at ucdavis.edu
Mon Mar 9 16:41:27 MST 2009


Mike,

I made a wrench out of 1/8" thick steel about 2"wide and four inches long.
 Its the only thing I could get to fit.

Glen

> Anyone that has done Paul's 5 speed conversion know what size the hex nut
> is
> for the angle drive to transmission fitting?  Mine fell off from
> vibration
> (maybe I forgot to tighten it before I installed the transmission). 
> Anyway
> I spent the better part of two hours last night scraping my knuckles
> trying
> to fit the the speedo cable and angle drive unit back on the transmission
> through the shifter can hole.  I got the hex nut finger tight, but I
> don't
> have a wrench big enough to fit the hex.  The largest I have is 24mm.
> Mike MacLean
> 60 Sprite
> 56 BN2
> 


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