Tom Wright 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi All I often struggle to tighten prop nuts on motors , do you know where i can get a thin C spanner to fit the average size outrunner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Posted by tom wright 2 on 14/02/2011 14:53:09:Hi All I often struggle to tighten prop nuts on motors , do you know where i can get a thin C spanner to fit the average size outrunner? I wouldn't know what an average size out runner is, all the ones I have take standard metric sizes, 10-14mm, depending on the size of motor, Some with the aluminium spinners need a steel rod (or screwdriver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 To be more specific i need to hold the bolt on type prop shaft, as provided as an option with turnigy type motors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Whisky Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Why not use a small adjustable from a Pound Shop like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Posted by Romeo Whisky on 14/02/2011 16:49:15:Why not use a small adjustable from a Pound Shop like this Are they available metric, or just imperial? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Posted by tom wright 2 on 14/02/2011 16:35:08:To be more specific i need to hold the bolt on type prop shaft, as provided as an option with turnigy type motors. I just got out a Turnigy motor, and I can't see anything that needs a C spanner, will have a look at another one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Just looked at several, and they all have either a collet type mounting, or they have the aluminium one that screws onto the motor with 4 screws, then a threaded shaft for the prop. Usually on both, I hold the prop and tighten the nut, sometimes on the one that screws onto the motor, I use an open (set) spanner to hold around the four posts the screws go through, and that is enough to hold it. Can't put much force on them anyway being aluminium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Posted by Romeo Whisky on 14/02/2011 16:49:15: Why not use a small adjustable from a Pound Shop like this <Are they available metric, or just imperial? > Please tell me your your having a laugh JCEdited By JayCee on 14/02/2011 17:50:07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 No, JayCee, the difference is very important. You also have to take extra care if you need a left handed one! Tom - try Squires good source for bits and pieces in the tools and materials line. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 BEBI think it's PUB time, do you know I actually followed the link JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks to all ,but consider this............how do you remove the prop nut ,without the motor turning ,when the motor is in a cowling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Hi Tom All joking apart, I have had this problem not sure why it sometimes happens and not others, I guess it's to do with the prop adaptor. On some they fit very tightly and there is no problem on others how ever tight they are they just seem to slip. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Usually if the thread is clean and undamaged, once the nut is loose (holding the prop) the nut will turn off easily. If for some reason it did not come off easily, one of those small flat open spanners that come with cheap angle grinders would probably be thin enough to fit behind the prop, or even a pair of long nose pliers, you won't see the slight marks in the cowling. If it needs any more force than that to hold it, something is not right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve W-O Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Posted by JayCee on 14/02/2011 18:30:22:Hi Tom All joking apart, I have had this problem not sure why it sometimes happens and not others, I guess it's to do with the prop adaptor. On some they fit very tightly and there is no problem on others how ever tight they are they just seem to slip. JC I get the impression he is talking about the ones that screw onto the motor casing, not the adaptor type. The adaptor type that slip can be helped by smearing the very smallest amount of vaseline on the inside of the cone, but it has to be a minute amount so that it can never work its way towards the shaft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayCee Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Thanks Steve Obviously didn't catch the thread (excuse the pun) But the vaseline on the inside of the cone is a good tip for the adaptors. JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Tom, I obtained a couple of C-cpanners from the local bike shop. They are stamped from 4mm (ish) sheet steel so fit nicely between the rear of the prop and front of the cowl. The peg at the tip of the spanner engages sufficiently in one the prop adaptor slots to restrain the motor whilst the prop nut is loosened. Much better than trying to botch it with pliers etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 tom.......problem will be solved by a visit to a cycle dealer's...he/she will have the 'thin' spanner's reqd.... ken anderson ne...1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sorry to post such a seemingly brain dead post ,so i will fess up!............I was telling a scale modeler friend off mine how good this forum is and he said , (ask them if there is a very thin C spanner available that will stop the motor turning ,when in a cowl, and need to remove the prop nut,)......no problem i said just watch this ,you will have an answer in seconds. ................Now see what you lot have done! Thanks all........there were some useful bits ,and a laugh on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowerman Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 When I was in the RAF in Germany, a German cleaner (ex Hitler youth) picked up an adjustable spanner and told us that 'in Germany ve call dzis an Englander' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Mowerman you should have shown him a chamber pot and told him "we call this a Jerry"! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Elliott Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Be careful that same person may send you to the club xxxxxx ( enter committee member) to explain you have a strange model size and now require a Long stand!!!!! Well words to that effect!!! Glass hammer anyone tartan paint Leg of liver!! Tom at some point everyone has had this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Post a vague duff question,and they have ways of diving you in vertically! Cheers Gaz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Tom, if the prop driver isn't knurled to grip the prop it's best to cyano a disc of coarse wet & dry paper to the driver face. That way you only need grip the prop use a spanner/ tommy bar on the propnut/spinner. BTW Romeo Whiskey are the adjustable spanners fro Pound Shop very expensive ? Edited By PatMc on 14/02/2011 23:26:59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hi PAT That sounds like a practical solution i will pass it on to Pete ,and try it myself, . If it doesn't work suppose i will just have to save up until Ive got a pound.Edited By tom wright 2 on 15/02/2011 00:56:30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Wright 2 Posted February 15, 2011 Author Share Posted February 15, 2011 Pat I like the magnattila and kk chief ,I lost a chief in a thermal 50years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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