Looking for a hex socket..20mm!

[G-Rex]

I'm trying to find a 20mm external hex socket..pic attached of the type of thing I'm needing for reference for anybody who might not know what I'm talking about...

Anyway, I've been up one side of the net and down the other, and I have not been able to find this socket! I found one on a website for a company in Quebec, but they list no prices, and I can't order it online.

Does anybody know where I can find one

[Tmall]

Dunno if this will help, but a 22mm hex nut sticking halfway out of a socket might do the trick.

[Fleck750]

Snap-on?

[101lifts2]

Why can't you use a regular allen head? Just put a socket extension on the end if you need more torque to loosen the bolt.

[G-Rex]

Dunno if this will help, but a 22mm hex nut sticking halfway out of a socket might do the trick.

Hmm..replace 22 for 20, and that might be feasible. I'll have to think about that. Not my first choice, but in a pinch..

Snap-on?
I've checked Snap-On, Mac, Matco, Craftsman, and about 15 other places. No dice that I can find online. :/

Why can't you use a regular allen head? Just put a socket extension on the end if you need more torque to loosen the bolt.

A regular allen head might not be deep enough, plus I can't find that either, first of all, and second of all, I've already got the nut off. It's the clutch hub nut on the Ducati, and I want the socket to make sure I get it torqued down to the proper spec, not just *set the impact driver to kill and stop when it quits turning.*

[Fleck750]

This one is at Amazon.uk. Maybe they would ship to you here, though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-257692-Drive-Metric-Socket/dp/B000LFS1ZA

Another one.



http://www.bloomertool.com/38DriveSockets.html

[askmrjesus]

20mm is an odd ball size, but if anybody would know, it would be these guys:

http://samstagsales.com/

JC

[G-Rex]

This one is at Amazon.uk. Maybe they would ship to you here, though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-257692-Drive-Metric-Socket/dp/B000LFS1ZA

Another one.



http://www.bloomertool.com/38DriveSockets.html

Look at the picture I posted compared to those links.....LOL I have a regular 20mm socket in my tool box. I need the male version of it!

[Fleck750]

OK, I'm retarded. Ignore me.

[tommymac]

I am sure ducati makes a "special tool" for this job and costs over 100 dollars.

[G-Rex]

I am sure ducati makes a "special tool" for this job and costs over 100 dollars.

They do make a special tool exactly for my purpose, and it is $123.29. I don't think so.

[askmrjesus]

They do make a special tool exactly for my purpose, and it is $123.29. I don't think so.

Why do think they made it 20mm instead of 19mm, which you could buy anywhere? :lol:

Pasta eating Bastards...

JC

[Cass]

Uhh.. silly question time.. but have you checked with She Who Owns Lotsa Pasta?

[G-Rex]

Uhh.. silly question time.. but have you checked with She Who Owns Lotsa Pasta?

No I haven't. Texting her right now. LOL I still would rather have the tool for my own collection though anyway.

I found one on the UK Ebay site for *12 pounds* er....$21. If I don't find a lead on one locally, I'm ordering that thing tonight.

[Cass]

No I haven't. Texting her right now. LOL I still would rather have the tool for my own collection though anyway.

I found one on the UK Ebay site for *12 pounds* er....$21. If I don't find a lead on one locally, I'm ordering that thing tonight.

It was more about the redirection than the tool-borrowing... but you know she'll help you out :lol:

[TommyHotWheel]

Cant cut an allen wrench off and slide it into a corresponding socket? Or buy the whole set from Harbor Freight?

[G-Rex]

Cant cut an allen wrench off and slide it into a corresponding socket? Or buy the whole set from Harbor Freight?

If I could find a 20mm allen wrench I would do that. 20mm hex/allen anything is quite difficult to find I'm discovering.

As for Harbor Freight, their sets don't include 20mm. :/ Checked that earlier today.

[Amber Lamps]

Yea, I'll loan you mine....it's a 3'' 20mm bolt and a pair of vise grips....

[Amber Lamps]

If I could find a 20mm allen wrench I would do that. 20mm hex/allen anything is quite difficult to find I'm discovering.

As for Harbor Freight, their sets don't include 20mm. :/ Checked that earlier today.

Yea, I ran down to my tool box to check the set I just bought for $10...it only goes up to 17mm...

I thought I found one that might work, it's the axle tool from motion pro but it skips right over you 19-22mm, sorry.

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0397/

[G-Rex]

Yea, I'll loan you mine....it's a 3'' 20mm bolt and a pair of vise grips....

You don't read so well do ya? LOL I want it for TORQUING DOWN the nut when I put the motor back together. I don't recall seeing a torque arm or torque dial on any of the vise grips in my tool box.

Thanks for lookin' and checking. I looked at the MotionPro stuff already. :/

Found this.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2-SQ-Drive-Hex-Allen-Key-20-mm-20mm_W0QQitemZ310167413688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mo torcycle_Parts?hash=item48376b23b8#ht_500wt_1075

I'll order it tonight if nobody comes up with something more....local. LOL

[TommyHotWheel]

Home depot or Lowes...Dont make us take the man card away for not tool shopping or making the tool you need...Buy the socket and then insert the allen wrench...lol

[G-Rex]

Home depot or Lowes...Dont make us take the man card away for not tool shopping or making the tool you need...Buy the socket and then insert the allen wrench...lol


%^&%$#$ you go find me a 20mm allen! If it were that easy to find, I would have already done that and called it a day!!! LOL

Home Depot and Loews don't carry what I need in that size. And I already have a 20mm socket. The allen key is the pain in the ass to find.

[Amber Lamps]

You don't read so well do ya? LOL I want it for TORQUING DOWN the nut when I put the motor back together. I don't recall seeing a torque arm or torque dial on any of the vise grips in my tool box.

Thanks for lookin' and checking. I looked at the MotionPro stuff already. :/

Found this.... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1-2-SQ-Drive-Hex-Allen-Key-20-mm-20mm_W0QQitemZ310167413688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mo torcycle_Parts?hash=item48376b23b8#ht_500wt_1075

I'll order it tonight if nobody comes up with something more....local. LOL

No I don't but if you want to get smart! You can buy a 20mm bolt and a bunch of nuts and then torque it down with a fucking socket and torque wrench! Nyahh!

[G-Rex]

No I don't but if you want to get smart! You can buy a 20mm bolt and a bunch of nuts and then torque it down with a fucking socket and torque wrench! Nyahh!

Thought about that, and that would be a worst case deal. Anybody can monkey it. I prefer to do my shit right. haha. Neener neener!

[Amber Lamps]

Thought about that, and that would be a worst case deal. Anybody can monkey it. I prefer to do my shit right. haha. Neener neener!

Just cause I'm black don't make me a monkey... Well, fine go pay a bunch of money for a tool that you'll probably use once in your entire life.... Not to mention that your project must now wait for overseas shipping.... BTW you were right, I didn't bother to read past the first post...

[G-Rex]

Just cause I'm black don't make me a monkey... Well, fine go pay a bunch of money for a tool that you'll probably use once in your entire life.... Not to mention that your project must now wait for overseas shipping.... BTW you were right, I didn't bother to read past the first post...

My use of the word monkey had nothing to do with you. It's what I say when I'm not doing something *by the book* or the right way.

Didn't mean to rub you the wrong way. If I did, I apologize.

My project is already waiting on overseas shipping, thanks to quite a few parts that are enroute from Ducati. I'm just impatient. LOL

My toolbox is full of tools that I've used only once. However, quite a few of my friends have used them only once also, so I don't consider it wasted money.

[Fleck750]

Monkey wrench has nothing to do with what color a person is!

Concerning the origin of its name, this story has been repeated in several publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:

That handy tool, the "monkey-wrench", is not so named because it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any kindred reason. "Monkey" is not its name at all, but "Moncky." Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where he now lives.[1]

In his interesting article upon the genesis of machine design, Mr. W.H. Sargent spoke of the slide which moves up and down in the handle of a monkey wrench as resembling a toy monkey, and thereby drew an analogy. To this Mr. H.E. Madden writes: "The wrench is not named from this, neither is it so called because it is a handy thing to 'monkey' with. The right name is 'Moncky.' Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2,000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, N.Y., where he afterward lived.[2]

[TYEster]

I had to buy a 3/4" nut/bolt combo to actually fit inside the GSXRs from wheel to prevent it from spinning when I needed to get the front axle and wheel off.

Because no one makes a 1" or equal measurement allen head either.

[Amber Lamps]

I had to buy a 3/4" nut/bolt combo to actually fit inside the GSXRs from wheel to prevent it from spinning when I needed to get the front axle and wheel off.

Because no one makes a 1" or equal measurement allen head either.


http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0397/

[was92v]

a 3/4"" in a pinch.

[Amber Lamps]

My use of the word monkey had nothing to do with you. It's what I say when I'm not doing something *by the book* or the right way.

Didn't mean to rub you the wrong way. If I did, I apologize.

My project is already waiting on overseas shipping, thanks to quite a few parts that are enroute from Ducati. I'm just impatient. LOL

My toolbox is full of tools that I've used only once. However, quite a few of my friends have used them only once also, so I don't consider it wasted money.

Um hahahahaha....yeesh. I suggested it, you said you didn't want to "monkey" it as in nigger rig it. Your way is the "right" way and mine is the "monkey" way! Hahahaha! I thought that was funny! I usually say "jury rig" but that's just me. Anyway, I don't take offense, it's just fun to poke fun at the terms you crackers use! Hahahahaha!

[Adeptus_Minor]

Tracy, I can't believe nobody else has said it yet but...


"You mean you don't own two of those already?" redflip

[TYEster]

http://www.motionpro.com/motorcycle/partno/08-0397/

$1.99 > that shit

[Amber Lamps]

Monkey wrench has nothing to do with what color a person is!

Concerning the origin of its name, this story has been repeated in several publications in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries:

That handy tool, the "monkey-wrench", is not so named because it is a handy thing to monkey with, or for any kindred reason. "Monkey" is not its name at all, but "Moncky." Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, where he now lives.[1]

In his interesting article upon the genesis of machine design, Mr. W.H. Sargent spoke of the slide which moves up and down in the handle of a monkey wrench as resembling a toy monkey, and thereby drew an analogy. To this Mr. H.E. Madden writes: "The wrench is not named from this, neither is it so called because it is a handy thing to 'monkey' with. The right name is 'Moncky.' Charles Moncky, the inventor of it, sold his patent for $2,000, and invested the money in a house in Williamsburg, Kings County, N.Y., where he afterward lived.[2]


We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!


Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.

[G-Rex]

Tracy, I can't believe nobody else has said it yet but...


"You mean you don't own two of those already?" redflip

Ass. I'll remember that when you call me wanting to borrow a tool for that spiffy Buell. LOL

[marko138]

We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!


Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.
YOU are funny.

[Amber Lamps]

$1.99 > that shit

Hey I use a bolt and vise grips myself! FWIW if you don't loosen the axle lock bolts until after you break the bolt loose....

[Fleck750]

The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!




So "redneck engineering" is OK? :D

[Amber Lamps]

YOU are funny.

Hey start a fight with me real quick... I need almost 300 posts to make 10,000....:lol:

[marko138]

Hey start a fight with me real quick... I need almost 300 posts to make 10,000....:lol:
Move along.

[Amber Lamps]

So "redneck engineering" is OK? :D

No.... you should always use the proper tools for the job! I work with my hands and I am here to tell you that unless it is an emergency or the situation absolutely calls for it, I always use the correct tool.

[marko138]

No.... you should always use the proper tools for the job! I work with my hands and I am here to tell you that unless it is an emergency or the situation absolutely calls for it, I always use the correct tool.
Thats not what you said.

[Amber Lamps]

Thats not what you said.

Oh yea, motherfucker? I know what I said!!! Hahahaha! If it's an emergency... well ya gotta do what ya gotta do... You wanna fight? I thought that we had just kissed and made up?!?!?! Hahahahaha!

[Fleck750]

They didn't make a proper tool for what I needed, so I made this for work. It's called "a useful invention"

[Amber Lamps]

They didn't make a proper tool for what I needed, so I made this for work. It's called "a useful invention"

google....

http://www.ronshomeandhardware.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=784874&Click=7805

[Fleck750]

But does it come with a genuine motorcycle grip? No.

How am I suppose to make motorcycle noises at work without a real grip?

And this cutter cost me NOTHING. The company gave me the knife, the grip came from a friend.

So neener neener neener.

[Adeptus_Minor]

Ass. I'll remember that when you call me wanting to borrow a tool for that spiffy Buell. LOL

Dude, I bought enough warranty/maintenance plan stuff on that thing that I shouldn't even have to know which end of a wrench to turn. redflip

And I do have some of my own tools, ya know :rolleyes:

[Avatard]

Look at the picture I posted compared to those links.....LOL I have a regular 20mm socket in my tool box. I need the male version of it!

Cut part of a 20mm Allen key off with a whiz wheel, and stick it in yer socket.

[Tmall]

I don't know where I got 22mm from.. :lol:

Tracy, the tool that came with my bike to tq the axle is essentially a nut with a ridge on it. Works on the same principal as I stated earlier.

[Amber Lamps]

See? I'm not the only one that doesn't read all the posts....hahahaha!

[G-Rex]

See? I'm not the only one that doesn't read all the posts....hahahaha!

That is painfully obvious. LOL

[marko138]

That is painfully obvious. LOL
Reading comprehension FTW!

[Amber Lamps]

Reading comprehension FTW!

I'd comprehend if I actually read it....hahahahaha!

[marko138]

I'd comprehend if I actually read it....hahahahaha!
Reading FTW.

[Amber Lamps]

Reading FTW.

Hahahahaha!!!!

[azoomm]

Thought about that, and that would be a worst case deal. Anybody can monkey it. I prefer to do my shit right. haha. Neener neener!

Mine is at the track. I'll run by "the shop" today and see if they have another one for you.

If you wanted to do it THAT right - you'd buy the STM tool :nee:

[Amber Lamps]

Mine is at the track. I'll run by "the shop" today and see if they have another one for you.

If you wanted to do it THAT right - you'd buy the STM tool :nee:

hahahaha!

['73 H1 Triple]

Yea, I'll loan you mine....it's a 3'' 20mm bolt and a pair of vise grips....

Don't know exactly where you're at on finding the tool but using Tigger's idea ......


Go to your local hardware store ( ACE Hardware has a great selection here ) and find a graded bolt with a 20 mm head.

Get two nuts to fit that bolt. "Jam nut" them together.

Place head of bolt into ducati part and your torque wrench/socket on the TOP nut.

Tighten to specs :dthumb:

Need my pay addy for payment? :lol:

Jeff

[Hydrant]

Don't know exactly where you're at on finding the tool but using Tigger's idea ......


Go to your local hardware store ( ACE Hardware has a great selection here ) and find a graded bolt with a 20 mm head.

Get two nuts to fit that bolt. "Jam nut" them together.

Place head of bolt into ducati part and your torque wrench/socket on the TOP nut.

Tighten to specs :dthumb:

Need my pay addy for payment? :lol:

Jeff


This

I did this for the front axle nut for a R6 (except I TIG welded the nut to the bolt) but it worked like a champ.

[Amber Lamps]

This

I did this for the front axle nut for a R6 (except I TIG welded the nut to the bolt) but it worked like a champ.

Yea I have a bolt and nut "tool" that is well over 10 years old.

[101lifts2]

We aren't talking about a "monkey wrench". The term "monkey rig" or the more popular "nigger rig" is used to illustrate the wrong way to do something. Usually, mostly in the past, black people didn't have money for "proper" tools and had to make do with makeshift tools. The popular PC-er version of this term is the ever popular "afro-engineer"... Hahahaha! You guys are funny!


Anyway, good luck with your project. I agree that if you're waiting anyway, you may as well get the right tool. I thought that you were stuck from the lack of this tool.

I thought I was only one who uses nigga rig.

[Avatard]

That's Tigger-Rig.

[Amber Lamps]

That's Tigger-Rig.

Same thing right?

[Avatard]

Whatever works for you...I myself am personally no stranger to duct-tape and bailing wire.

[derf]

Did you ever get the 20mm hex? I made one a few years ago (welded a section of 20mm allen into a 20mm socket). I have it in my storage. I'l be able to get it next sat and mail it to you if that helps. Probably not though, you sound like you need it now.

[Flexin]

Um hahahahaha....yeesh. I suggested it, you said you didn't want to "monkey" it as in nigger rig it. Your way is the "right" way and mine is the "monkey" way! Hahahaha! I thought that was funny! I usually say "jury rig" but that's just me. Anyway, I don't take offense, it's just fun to poke fun at the terms you crackers use! Hahahahaha!

I say "doing it half ass".

James

[Cass]

That's Tigger-Rig.

:lol

Do I get to throw in an "I told you so" now, just to be a pain in the ass? :lol:

[Amber Lamps]

:lol

Do I get to throw in an "I told you so" now, just to be a pain in the ass? :lol:

Of course you can but what did you tell us to deserve the "I told you so"?

[Phenix_Rider]

Look at the picture I posted compared to those links.....LOL I have a regular 20mm socket in my tool box. I need the male version of it!

Dumb Question time: HOW DID YOU GET IT OFF?! If you don't have the correct socket, don't have an allen wrench, and haven't made anything.

[Flexin]

I thought I was only one who uses nigga rig.

Nope. Your not the only one. Everytime I hear it I want to punch someone in their throat.

James

[G-Rex]

Dumb Question time: HOW DID YOU GET IT OFF?! If you don't have the correct socket, don't have an allen wrench, and haven't made anything.

I was wondering who would be the first to catch that. LOL

When I was tearing the motor down, there were several gears that required special pullers to get off, so I had the service guys at the Ducati dealer pull that one off too.

It's alot easier to take a handful of bolts to the hardware store to find the right size sockets than carry a complete motorcycle engine in. LOL

[marko138]

Yea I have a bolt and nut "tool" that is well over 10 years old.
I bet you do.

[Flexin]

I was wondering who would be the first to catch that. LOL

When I was tearing the motor down, there were several gears that required special pullers to get off, so I had the service guys at the Ducati dealer pull that one off too.

It's alot easier to take a handful of bolts to the hardware store to find the right size sockets than carry a complete motorcycle engine in. LOL

So you did call "the guy" this time.

James

[stermp66]

MSCDIRECT.COM has a 20mm impact socket item # 78885845 trick will be finding allen wrench to cut off to create your required wrench. still looking on the site though.

[Avatard]

Nope. Your not the only one. Everytime I hear it I want to punch someone in their throat.

James

James, they used to say "Jerry Rig" (later bastardized to "Jury Rig") during the war from the use of "Jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.

It seems all immigrants go through a hazing process in this country. I notice no one tells Polish jokes anymore...

[askmrjesus]

James, they used to say "Jerry Rig" (later bastardized to "Jury Rig") during the war from the use of "Jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.

I always wondered where that term came from, had no idea it started out as Jerry rigged.

It seems all immigrants go through a hazing process in this country. I notice no one tells Polish jokes anymore...

It's a long standing tradition that goes back to the Native Americans.

Q: How many Pilgrims does it take to screw in a light bulb?

A: Dude, what's a light bulb?

JC

[CrazyKell]

I say Jerry Rigged all the time. Where does the term Jerry Can come from then? :scratch:

[askmrjesus]

I say Jerry Rigged all the time. Where does the term Jerry Can come from then? :scratch:

Wehrmachtskanister.

German for "War Canister".

JC

[ericr]

Wehrmachtskanister.

German for "War Canister".

JC

And the gas cans taken from German vehicles by GI's were dubbed "Jerry" cans, because they were "german" (jerry) gas cans. It became a popular term for the old 5 gal gas cans everyone used for years after the war, which were copied from the german design.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Jerrycan.JPG/180px-Jerrycan.JPG

[karl_1052]

I say Jerry Rigged all the time. Where does the term Jerry Can come from then? :scratch:

It is a Canadian thing. We still say jerry rigged.

The southerners say jury rigged.

[OneSickPsycho]

It is a Canadian thing. We still say jerry rigged.

The southerners say jury rigged.

I've never heard 'jury' rigged until I read this thread.

[marko138]

I've never heard 'jury' rigged until I read this thread.
Me either.

[Flexin]

James, they used to say "Jerry Rig" (later bastardized to "Jury Rig") during the war from the use of "Jerry" as a pejorative term for German soldiers.

It seems all immigrants go through a hazing process in this country. I notice no one tells Polish jokes anymore...

I'm someone says it to me I don't know if they will be able to tell me the history of it while I'm hitting them. I can't stand that word.

Jerry and Jury I have heard before. I never had a clue where they came from but I have heard of them. I don't use them myself.

James

[Particle Man]

I've never heard 'jury' rigged until I read this thread.

I've always said "Jerry Rigged" if using the term at all... usually I just say "Cobbled together" :lol:

[karl_1052]

I normally say McGuyvered.
http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/files/2009/03/macgyver.jpg

[Flexin]

I normally say McGuyvered.
http://whatsontv.co.uk/blogs/tvspy/files/2009/03/macgyver.jpg

I said something like that the other day.

James