.Yes I was just in the middle of posting this Simon. I used it for the four corner spheres on my Xantia front and back, but not those "in the middle"...
...bit Heath Robinson but I can assure you it works, although in the more restricted access places a thinner bit of metal bar with a couple of holes drilled in it, for the bent threaded rod would be needed.
Regards Neil
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I've tried numerous sphere tools but for my money nothing beats a genuine Pleiades tool...
And for really tough ones.... A hammer and cold chisel is pretty unbeatable too
And for really tough ones.... A hammer and cold chisel is pretty unbeatable too
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A second for Pleiades, I've used nothing else except for a strap wrench though which was usually adequate.
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I wish I hadn't stumbled on this thread three years after the event I'd have had that tool in a heartbeat.