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Use vice - mine won't come apart now

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Torx bit shafts are 6.1mm so this means you may need to press it into the 6mm ring using the vice - mine won't come apart now but found it quite useful the way it is.
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Torx bit shafts are 6.1mm so this means you may need to press it into the 6mm ring using the vice - mine won't come apart now but found it quite useful the way it is.
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Just fixed the problem myself, at least for the middle coil.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

I'm struggling to get the pencil coils out :nooo: :frustrated: :whiteflag: , my 'star bit' needs a socket on it, then with the ratchet and adapter on it makes it too long for the middle one, haven't even tried the one at the back yet........... :dont know: Anyone know of a suitable tool, maybe a standard allen style key with a star bit might do the job. Anyone done it with the exhausts still in place :?: Ray

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Just fixed the problem myself, at least for the middle coil. It's a T 30 star bit and a small hex socket that fits on my small ratchet. Yes and the middle one is completely shot, hopefully this is the source of my problem! Ray

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Idea What I have done in the past is pushed a 6mm ring spanner onto a torx bit to get you the allen key like tool. Torx bit shafts are 6.1mm so this means you may need to press it into the 6mm ring using the vice - mine won't come apart now but found it quite useful the way it is. :thumb:

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Lloyd you're a star! I've ordered a tool from an internet tool supplier so hopefully it will arrive at the same time as your pencil coils. Now that I've found one of them badly corroded and split I feel a lot happier that nothing is too serious. cheers Ray

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