Customer Reviews

Park Tool HCW-5 Lock Ring Spanner

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takes up little space in a tool box, but makes bottom bracket overhaul a piece of cake (with BB tool, of course). Much more satisfying than bringing your bike(s) to a mechanic, and cheaper.

DIY or die!

It did what it was supposed to do. It would have been nice to have some sort of design change made to the tool to make it less likely to slip off in either direction (while juggling the pin spanner on the other side), but it does have to be made with different bike designs in mind. It worked, not much more to say than that other than I used it on my 2008 Diamondback Lucky 24 successfully, along with a Park Tool SPA-4.

Update 09/01/2011
I used it again today on an old 1 piece crank on an late 80's Haro BMX. It worked great, the nut that held the chain wheel tight against the rest on the crank and kept the pin in the hole fit perfectly, and much easier than the newer style Diamondback I mentioned. All in all if I said it was good for unsealed American bottom brackets I might be selling some other options short, but I certainly would be dead on with three things I worked with.

Update 11/21/2011

I found this thing works well on the lock ring for a two-piece driver also. Redline Device Rear Cassette Hub 2006+ 48H 14mm Black I used the "single tooth" side on this and guessed at 30Ft lbs (I'm pretty good as a human torque wrench). Worked great.

This is a must have tool also.When its time to repack your crank gears
you will need this great little tool.I had to take a little file to clean it up a bit and it works a lot better for me.It great when you need it.

I bought this tool at a bike store. Before buying, I carefully checked the fit specifications on the Park Tool web site. On two different bikes with seemingly typical six notch bottom bracket lock rings that measure within the published specification range of the tool manufacturer, this tool does not fit well enough to allow me to put sufficient force on the lock ring to turn the lock ring and it tends to damage the lock ring because it does not fit properly. The bike store salesperson was careful to warn me that once the tool is out of the package, they do not give returns.

I've tried the makeshift methods to try and adjust the bottom bracket but without this and the pin spanner tool you just can't get it right. Great tool.

This tool is solid and fit the ring on my bicycle perfectly. It only took a few seconds to have the lock ring loose. I would recommend this tool.

I was a little concern about being the right wrench for those vintage campi. work just like a campi tool that sells for double.

It's a spanner, it spans. I've used it on a couple bottom brackets so far, no problems. Makes a great upgrade compared to the channel-locks I used as a kid :p

This wrinch was gest what I needed at the time worked like it should it saved me more than it cost.Was worth the cost.