Making a rotary handle for the cap head

Good day. It's good that the coronavirus is not transmitted over the Internet and Zen was not quarantined. Today for your trial is a homemade rotary handle for a cap head. I was interested in this thing, since I had already broken the factory ones for a long time, I don’t want to buy another cheap thing before the first boiled nut, but I haven’t earned money for a good and expensive tool.

If anyone has the same situation, then there is a worthy solution to the problem and it will last much longer than the factory counterpart. Consider the very idea of ​​manufacturing, and you can choose the size of the parts according to your needs.

We take a metal strip and bend it with the letter "P", where the length of each shelf is about 4-5 cm. Sample in the photo.

Probably before bending the strip, first you need to choose a long nut as in the photo, and bend the U-shaped part already under it. Now we drill holes in the outer ears of the metal strip

The holes must match the thread ID on the tall nut.

Now we are assembling the product. The high nut in the center is fixed with a pin and is tightened on both sides with ordinary nuts. Cut off the excess part of the hairpin.

Please note that the U-shaped part must have clearances with a nut. That is, the nut itself must be able to rotate on the hairpin in one turn.

Now you need to weld a hexagonal extension to the long nut, onto which we will put the head. In our case, the hexagon is made by hand from a metal square rod.

This is the detail you should end up with.

Now we weld the handle to the metal strip. In our case, a profile pipe is used. Choose the length of the handle at your discretion.

The key is ready. We put the head on the hexagon and get to work.

We unscrew the bolts securing the front pillar of the car. The photo shows the principle of our homemade product.

I think that the idea itself is clear to everyone. The handle can be of different sizes and a few more adapters for small and large heads can be welded onto the highest nut itself.

This concludes. I am waiting for comments from the homemade ones about the usefulness or uselessness of this gizmo. I would be glad to hear rational suggestions for improving the design.

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