Tedium…brake master cylinder removal

[rolesyboy]

Any good dodges for getting the back nut off the brake master cylinder on a hydro car. Everything that could be in the way is (including the hydro flexi pipe) and when you finally get a spanner on it you can move it about 0.5mm at a time cos the metal brake pipes are in the way along with a hat full of other stuff
I took lots of stuff off in the end and got it off but what a PITA job.
So what do the seasoned pro’s in this forum do?? There must be some nifty bent up spanners or something people use
Cheers. Mark

[Peter Laidler]

Been there and fixed it...... What I did was when assembling the bloody thing, made sure that the brake pipe that caused me the initial dis-assembly grief was routed slightly to one side. Yep, it's still there but using a slightly cranked open-ender I could get on to the nuts and undo a 6th at a time - then another 6th and another 6th and so on.

As soon as it was all together, because I'd done something out of sequence, I had to undo the bloody lot again. But it was a bit simpler 2nd time. I tried to blame my wife but she was in Dusseldorf that weekend.....

[AndyPen]

I have a super fine pitch ratcheted spanner that just gets in there, and with a twitchy hand I can get it off quite quickly - lol

[rolesyboy]

Show us a piccy Andy

[Herbert]

I had the same problem, I use this snap-on Flank Drive® Deep Flare Nut Crowfoot Wrench

https://shop.snapon.com/product/Flank-D ... %22)/208AN

[Peter Laidler]

BRILLIANT idea Ronaldino........... Couldn't be easier - now that we've seen a picture! That's what I like about this forum

[rolesyboy]

Genius solution. If I had Mick Jaggers money I would be by all over that.

[swifty]

That’s a very easy tool to make . Just cut the end from a old spanner and weld on a extension bar on … Ken

[rolesyboy]

And the winner of this weeks simplicity award is….Swifty
Brilliant suggestion. Off to the lab…

[rolesyboy]

After months of extensive research and development and working closely with ‘Swifty’ since last night ‘Roly-labs’ have created the brake master cylinder 12 point ‘spatchet’
I am now marketing this bespoke tool/work of art as a service to the forum community and the ‘Brake Spatchet’ is available to all members for the absolute knock down price of £199

I have attached a picture to give you a flavour of just how remarkable this beautifully crafted ‘piece’ looks in the flesh.
Very happy with the result. And better still it actually works

[AndyPen]

After months of extensive research and development and working closely with ‘Swifty’ since last night ‘Roly-labs’ have created the brake master cylinder 12 point ‘spatchet’
I am now marketing this bespoke tool/work of art as a service to the forum community and the ‘Brake Spatchet’ is available to all members for the absolute knock down price of £199

I have attached a picture to give you a flavour of just how remarkable this beautifully crafted ‘piece’ looks in the flesh.
Very happy with the result. And better still it actually works

I can see the queues to buy these now Mark - fair do though - great contraption that

[rolesyboy]

I am literally fighting buyers away
It will definitely do the job and this way you don’t need to remove the steel pipes. Cost me a spanner and a 3/8 extension bar. Love this forum.