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Tool for gold shocks?

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Is there a tool to use to help take off the tops of the Kyosho gold shocks (to avoid scratching them up every time with a pliers)? Kyosho had the included tool for the smaller red shocks with their unique design. I saw a shock tool for modern shocks, but it seems too big. Thanks for the help.

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I have never had them on so tight that I needed a tool for them. Usually, I would stick a round Phillips screw driver about the size of the shock eyelet into the cap and hold the clean body with clean hands and open it. Works like a breaker bar, almost. If they are on so tight that you can't get them off that way, holding a freshly cleaned shock body while wearing a rubber glove, then opening using a driver in the eyelet usually does the trick.


Then don't make them that tight again when you rebuild them. :)

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good idea - thanks Eau Rouge

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I take them on and off by slipping an Allen key inside the hole and turning. That gives you more than enough torque.
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You mean you have been using a pair of pliers on the cap to break it loose?

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no no no ,you put the cap in the vice then that free,s up both hands for the channel locks 8)

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Don't worry, I don't use pliers. I did that once a long time ago and realized it messed them up.

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treehugger wrote:no no no ,you put the cap in the vice then that free,s up both hands for the channel locks 8)
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