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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 09:26 PM
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got frnt side of my rinehart classic duals on with no problem. The back pipe on the other hand not so much. Anybody have a tip on how to tighten the bottom nut, there is no room to get a wrench or socket on it to tighten!
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 09:39 PM
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I think I used a 1/4" drive socket
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Chief40al
I think I used a 1/4" drive socket
tried that, can't get a socket on it, I think I'm gonna cut a 1/2 in wrench down and see if I can get it tight enough that way.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 09:54 PM
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Can you loosen up the heatsheild and get a socket on that way?....That's what I had to do with my Cobra Power Sport Duals.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 10:05 PM
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Originally Posted by pswomack
Can you loosen up the heatsheild and get a socket on that way?....That's what I had to do with my Cobra Power Sport Duals.
heat shield is not in the way, the classic has a sharp bend and comes out on the L side under the seat, I'll get it somehow. I was starting to get pissed off so I put down the tools and came in the house for a beer, Ill just finish it tomorrow.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 10:12 PM
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Just thought of something, a half moon boxend wrench might work! Worth a shot if you have one, or can get your hands on one easily.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2012 | 10:14 PM
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Crows foot, worth its weight in gold for this job.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted by stro1965
Crows foot, worth its weight in gold for this job.
That's what I use. 1/2" flex head socket for the rest.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 06:37 AM
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I have a crows foot and bought a shorty 1/2" open/box end wrench that works wonders. The box end is 12 point on mine and it works pretty well. The other trick I used was to run the bottom one up as much as you can first. Should be able to do it with just your fingers. Then tighten the top one and come back to the bottom one and finish up with the top one.
 

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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 06:48 AM
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Though a different bike I had trouble with the same nut because of the O2 sensor bung. I tried every sort of wrench, socket, universal, wobble, crowsfoot.......nothing could get a good bite. Then I saw my offset wrench that use to loosen tighten the distributer mount bolt on my old ford. It worked!



 
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