Hill Eng end of stroke pin wrench rental?

A lot of these special tools can be 3D printed in plastic. I just finished a belt job on my 360 and printed four special tools. Cost: $10.

 

If you have a picture of the existing tool, that can help a lot for reverse engineering. You'll need to have access to a CAD program that can create 3D models which is pretty much any, and then design the tool.

A digital caliper and inside and outside calipers are pretty much required for most jobs like this, and of course, access to a 3D printer.

Post a picture of the tool and the part it attaches to, and a description of what it's supposed to do, and I'll see if I can offer any other advice.

 

A few thoughts...

1. A plastic tool will not be man enough to undo end of stroke studs that have been siliconed in.
2. Even the Hill wrench has a somewhat limited life (which can be extended by dressing the business end of the wrench). Having one of these tools as a rental probably wouldn't work for long.

If you want to remove the studs without the tool, cut the ends off the studs with a dremel and use a deep socket once the release bearing is out of the way. You'll need new studs but you'd probably need them anyway once you'd rounded them off with the wrench....

 

yes - cut them off with a Dremel and replace. That's how I ended up. I think there is also thread lock on them.

 

I made one with the help of a welding machine. A little crude, but works, and $20 at best.

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I couldn't wait for the tool to arrive so I just welded one. I don't think a 3D printed one would work in this case.

 

Pretty much anything that's long, thin, and requires a lot of torque is way beyond what 3D printed plastic can do.

 

Flex head won't work. There is very limited access to the 13mm headed bolt. You can't see it with my franken-tool but I ...
1) Cut the end off the 13mm wrench
2) Turned it 90 degrees and welded it back on the brake line wrench (that has 6 points of engagement)
3) Ground off some of the end to make it thinner to clear access at the site
4) Then welded on the little extension to give it 3/8 ratchet engagement so you can torque it.

 

very clever and makes good sense