Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> Todd Kielman wrote: <snip>
>
>
>> This <Jack Taylor> model also has what appears to be the original
>> headset,which seems to require some sort of pin spanner to engage a pair
>> of holes on opposite sides of the top nut and upper adjustable cup.Might
>> there be a way to adjust these without using a rare and elusive special
>> tool?
> Well, Todd, here are several options:
>
> 1) I often use a Park bb cup pin spanner, which is based on heavy spring
> wire, so it is inherently adjustable span. If the "pins" aren't too fat
> for the holes in the headset.
>
> 2) I also found something rarer: a Var tool, like oversized pliers, but
> with rubber-lined curved jaws.
Like the VAR #78? I've never seen one with rubber jaws, though.
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
VAR used to make a pin wrench specifically for that type of headset, though. It was actually a standard pin wrench with an additional set of holes to mount the pins oriented inwards instead of downwards. Looking through VAR's current catalog I don't see it anymore, although the "Adjustable pin scanner #BP-01300" on page 15 looks like the same tool, absent the additional holes to mount the pins in the required orientation.
http://www.os2.dhs.org/
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John (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA