What would you call a spanner like this?

[stinkwheel]

Like a normal open ended wrench but with a lot less metal around the jaw area so it can be used in a tight spot without fouling the parts next to it.

It's for adjusting the tappets on my bullet. I've fitted some chunkier pushrod adjusters to it but they have a larger hex. It is very tight trying to turn them, you can only get about 1/8 of as turn on the spanner before the head of the spanner fouls the casing. Makes things more laborious than it needs to be.

It's a bit that has to be done fairly regularly so having the correct tool would be a good idea.

I know I could grind down a standard spanner but I'm sure I've seen purpose made ones with narrow, pointy jaws that have a ridge of metal along the edge of the jaw to give them strength and prevent them springing open as easily. The thickness of the spanner isn't an issue (within reason). Just don't know what to call them.

I've done a rough picture of what I mean:
https://www.bikechatforums.com/download.php?id=72595
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[MaybeGuy]

fuck knows.
but just get one of these and mill it or attack it with an angle grinder.

https://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Images/DB_Detail/_27503_140156.jpg
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Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Pete.]

Stinky can't you sacrifice a ring spanner by cutting out a section out of the end? I've done that many times and never had one spread, you can get in some very tight places especially if you use a cranked ring spanner.
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[MaybeGuy]

[Pete.]

Says a man who's never tried to fit a fiesta water pump

Only issue I see is the sizes - 5.5mm isn't used much at all and 7mm is for jubilee clips mostly. 13mm is nowhere near as common as 12.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[MaybeGuy]

[stinkwheel]

Oi!

The one I want is 13mm.

Most of the nutys and bolts on that bike take either a 13mm or 1/2" whitworth (which are to all intents and purposes, the same thing).

[temeluchus]

is that a crow foot patter spanner?
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[Tim..]

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use a standard 12mm japco tool kit open ended spanner, file out to 1/2".
The thinner jaws will allow the additional access you require.

If you get really stuck I can send you one I made earlier !

[Vincent]

[stinkwheel]

[Pete.]

The Whitworth thread is still the strongest symmetrical threadform. He was a clever bunny, and his spanners make good fishing weights
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Kickstart]

Hi

Looks to me like the type of spanner you need you be one for doing brake pipes on a car. Basically a 6 point ring spanner with one side missing.

All the best

Keith
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[WetSparks]

There you go, open ring spanners:

https://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/sp-69-4691-34575-stahlwille-double-ended-open-ring-spanner-17-x-19-mm.asp