Tiny Allen Key!

[Nick Goodall]

My Dad's friend has a Losi Mini-T but needs to get the standard plastic pinion off and put a metal one on. He's got the right pinion's but i've never seen anything so small - Does anyone know where i can get a the smallest of small allen keys that will fit?

[markwilliamson2001]

I presume it is imperial since it is losi?

Does the one not fit from the CVD's on normal cars or is it smaller than that? I have a full set at home, with some very fine metric and imperial ones which I got at a focus when I was a student. I can check on sizes when I get home tonight if you like.

Do you have any Cat 2000 spares/parts Nick, as I am trying to resurrect one at the moment?

Cheers
Mark

[super__dan]

0.050?

[ashleyb4]

I think i know what you mean nick my friend has the same problem its smaller than 0.05

A

[Nick Goodall]

Honestly it's sooo small you can hardly even see the screw in there - very frustrating as i have no other way to get the pinion on it for him :-(

Mark - I will have to check what i've got as i haven't got many bits but depends what you need? PM me if you prefer.

[ashleyb4]

You could buy diffrent pinions o bought soem off rcmodelimports they have a bigger sized allen head sorry i cant be any mroe help by any chance do youknow what size the allen key head is on the top of the shocks?

A

[Chris Doughty]

Originally Posted by markwilliamson2001

I presume it is imperial since it is losi?

Does the one not fit from the CVD's on normal cars or is it smaller than that? I have a full set at home, with some very fine metric and imperial ones which I got at a focus when I was a student. I can check on sizes when I get home tonight if you like.

Do you have any Cat 2000 spares/parts Nick, as I am trying to resurrect one at the moment?

Cheers
Mark

Don't be so sure its imperial, a lot of the 'Losi' stuff is china now.

[markwilliamson2001]

The smallest imperial allen key I have is: 0.028"
" " metric " " " " ": 0.7mm

I got my kit at Focus, but you should be able to get one from Homebase or B+Q I reckon.

HTH
Mark

[sosidge]

It is probably a 0.035" you need, I think Hudy and 3Racing make them as drivers, but not easy to find.

[Darren Boyle]

Reading the thread, thought I was the one who had the answer until I read the post before mine and Sosidge has it spot on, it will be 0.035" which is the size that Trinity use in their metal pinions for the Mini-T. Your dad's mate probably got them as a pack of four, they do come with a tiny allen key but that lasts about two minutes before it rounds off. Hope that helps confirm Nick.

[Nick Goodall]

Originally Posted by DMS Racing

Reading the thread, thought I was the one who had the answer until I read the post before mine and Sosidge has it spot on, it will be 0.035" which is the size that Trinity use in their metal pinions for the Mini-T. Your dad's mate probably got them as a pack of four, they do come with a tiny allen key but that lasts about two minutes before it rounds off. Hope that helps confirm Nick.

Nice one, thanks for that! Unfortunately the tiny allen key seems to be missing so does anyone have a brand / type of some other pinion's i could get him??