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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 02:33 PM
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Hey Gents,
I am one of those guys that gets the right tool for the right job. My question is related to tools that are more condusive towards the visible surfaces of the HD. Ones that reduce the posibility of scratches or leaving indentations on surfaces.

Are there any that you recommend. On my ST13, most everything is covered with tupperware so if the triple clamp bolts gets a little banged up, who cares. even the right sized socket leave blemishes on the hardware.

Yea, this is ****, but it would drive me nuts if everytime i look down and see the top cap bolts of the springs all dicked up.

thoughts?
 
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Old Dec 14, 2008 | 06:35 PM
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Same here- anxious to hear some tricks- hate it when the insides of phillips or BHCSs get rusted from contact with tools......
 
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