Gear adjustment screws - What screwdriver?

[Gattonero]

The problem is that you only want to modify a PH screwdriver that is not a very good one, it would be a waste otherwise, but incidentally those cheap ones are the most likely to be out of spec, so it's a bit of a gamble there.
If it's a £1 screwdriver, you can try. But I won't alter an otherwise perfectly ok PH scrrewdriver of good brand that has a higher price. Just fork out the £7 for a proper JIS then

[Mick F]

Just fork out the £7 for a proper JIS then

That's obviously the Rolls Royce idea ........................ but why do we need one at all?

I've tried my Topeak multitool PH2 on both bikes - one Campag, and the other Shimano - and it fits fine on both. I tried a Crank Bros PH2 as well, and that works fine on both.

I rarely have to adjust the limit screws once set, and if I needed to, it would more than likely be at home and using the best tool for the job - a nice flat blade screwdriver.

If the PH2 on a multitool does the job adequately, and a flat blade does it as well, why are we even having this conversation?

[reohn2]

Double post

[reohn2]

If the PH2 on a multitool does the job adequately, and a flat blade does it as well, why are we even having this conversation?

Because the OP asked what was the correct tool for the job,but it's been established that a variety of tools will also do the job without spoiling the screw head

[Airsporter1st]

... I really don't understand the general aversion to spending the price of a couple of pints on buying the right tool for the job.

I had priced it up as a medium cappuccino and a goat cheese panini, but otherwise I would have to agree

Funnily enough that's what I would take over a couple of pints, these days. I just thought the latter would be more universally applicable

[Mick F]

We were drinking pints of Skinners yesterday at £2.50 a pint.

[bertgrower]

We were drinking pints of Skinners yesterday at £2.50 a pint.

Did you go back to the 1980's?

[Gattonero]

We were drinking pints of Skinners yesterday at £2.50 a pint.

Did you go back to the 1980's?

You'd be lucky to have it for a fiver in London

[Gattonero]

If the PH2 on a multitool does the job adequately, and a flat blade does it as well, why are we even having this conversation?

Because the OP asked what was the correct tool for the job,but it's been established that a variety of tools will also do the job without spoiling the screw head

I would say it in a different way:
"according to the situation, a variety of tools may also do the job without spoiling the screw head"

[reohn2]

If the PH2 on a multitool does the job adequately, and a flat blade does it as well, why are we even having this conversation?

Because the OP asked what was the correct tool for the job,but it's been established that a variety of tools will also do the job without spoiling the screw head

I would say it in a different way:
"according to the situation, a variety of tools may also do the job without spoiling the screw head"

But it means the same thing doesn't it

[Gattonero]

Make it very simple:
If the screw is easy to turn, you can use almost anything that would somehow fit.
If the screw feels hard to turn, stop and use the proper tool.

[reohn2]

Make it very simple:
If the screw is easy to turn, you can use almost anything that would somehow fit.
If the screw feels hard to turn, stop and use the proper tool.

Agreed,but such small screws in such vulnerable places which aren't turned very often,should be lubed regularly so they don't get corroded and hard to turn.
In which case a PH2 a Pozi1 or a flat blade screwdriver will suffice.

As I posted up thread I'd no idea there was a JIS head and I suspect the vast majority of cyclists outside of the trade don't either.
We live and learn,but I suspect the vast majority of home cycle mechanics wont be taking the trouble to order a JIS screwdriver just for that job and I'll be one of them,hey ho we can't say we weren't told

[Mick F]

Yep.

Spot on.

[bertgrower]

FYI

http://www.onlyqualitytools.com/catalog ... _Bits.html
https://www.amazon.com/product-reviews/ ... CXWAH5PBYN

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/172563363883?c ... 463&crdt=0

https://www.vesseltools.com/handtools/s ... s/megadora

[Airsporter1st]

Make it very simple:
If the screw is easy to turn, you can use almost anything that would somehow fit.
If the screw feels hard to turn, stop and use the proper tool.

Agreed,but such small screws in such vulnerable places which aren't turned very often,should be lubed regularly so they don't get corroded and hard to turn.
In which case a PH2 a Pozi1 or a flat blade screwdriver will suffice.

As I posted up thread I'd no idea there was a JIS head and I suspect the vast majority of cyclists outside of the trade don't either.
We live and learn,but I suspect the vast majority of home cycle mechanics wont be taking the trouble to order a JIS screwdriver just for that job and I'll be one of them,hey ho we can't say we weren't told

For the princely sum of £2.50, I've just joined the minority:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301856373916