Monday, 21 November 2016

Square Four Toolkit


After all this work on W/NG tool kits it is about time I paid a bit more attention to the kit on my Square Four, which has served me well for several years. Before we get into that, here are a couple of excellent examples from club members:

Here's Scott Williamson's 1949 tool kit from the Square Four belonging to his father. The tool roll should be a 6640-46:

Scott Williamson's 1949 Tool Kit

This is not a Square Four tool kit as such, but belongs to David's 1949 VH so is a similar period to my 1951 Square and shares some of the tools.

David Andersen's Tool Kit

Currently my own tool kit looks like this:



It's in pretty good shape, having been used for maintenance & repairs for a couple of years.

As you will know, until the early 1950's Ariel parts lists were conveniently illustrated. This is the last Square Four list that was illustrated, from 1949:

1949 list, courtesy of the AOMCC Members website
Here's the tool page from my 1951 parts list

The 6607-39 single ended spanner is the only deletion between these tool kits; the later list includes the tools for the QD rear wheel. Note that they both identify the 6640-26 tool roll which is a mystery, since the later civilian tool roll (6640-46) appeared in 1946 - the illustrated list gives the game away though, because it has the 6640-26 roll in the list, but the 6640-46 roll in the illustration. The entry in the list is obviously a typo.

The QD rear wheel tools are illustrated here, in the 1947 singles parts book:


Here's a list I made a while ago, to collate what I had. Decimal dimensions come from the factory drawings in Ray Tolman's list.:

Item
Ariel PN
Old PN
Function
End 1
End 2
1
6600-36
G1/125
Double Ended Spanner
3/16
1/4
2
6600-32
G1/110
Spanner for brake fulcrum adjustment


3
6603-28
G1/59
Double Ended Spanner
5/16
3/8
4
6604-36
G1/124
Double Ended Spanner
5/16" BSF
¼" BSF
5
6605-28
G1/66
Double Ended Spanner
7/16
½
6
6606-27
G1/55
Double Ended Spanner, steering head nuts and wheel cone nuts
1.01"
9/16" BSW
1.1"
5/8" BSW
7
6606-30
G1/55A
Double Ended Spanner, steering head nuts
1.01"
9/16" BSW
1.305"
3/4" BSW
8
6608-31
G1/102
Tube Spanner
9/16" BSW?

9
6608-37
G1/129
Tube Spanner for sparking plugs


10
6611-31
G1/99
Tube Spanner for hub spindle nut
0.825"
7/16" BSW
0.925"
1/2" BSW
11
6611-34
G1/122
Tube Spanner
0.445"
1/4 BSF
0.525"
5/16 BSF
12
6611-36
G1/123
Tube Spanner for clutch centre pins
0.375"
3/8" AF
0.375"
3/8" AF
13
6612-27
G1/57
Tommy Bar


14
6614-29
G1/94
Ring Spanner
3/8" BSF
7/16" BSF
15
6614-31
G1/103
Ring Spanner
1/4" BSF
5/16" BSF
16
6615-34
G1/118
Spanner for valve rocker adjustment


17
6616-26
G1/33
Screwdriver


18
6616-29
G1/86
Screwdriver for clutch spring nuts


19
6621-29
G1/81
Dynamo and crankshaft timing sprocket extractor and set pin


20
6623-29
G1/85
Set pin only for 6621-29


21
6625-26

Tyre Lever


22
6635-27

Grease gun type 7MC


23
6636-29

Tyre Inflator, 14” x 7/8”


24
6640-26

Canvas Tool Roll


25
6689-46
G1/150
Socket Key for Telescopic Fork


26
6699-46
G1/152
Spanner for locking ring (front hub)


27
6608-50
G1/168
Tube Spanner for Detachable Wheel Nuts (brake drum)


28
6649-50
G1/166
Extension tube for 6608-50


29
6611-50
G1/169
Double ended box spanner for wheel spindle nut



So here are the tools:

Item 1 G1/125 Open Ended Spanner

Item 2 G1/110 Spanner for brake fulcrum adjustment
Item 3 G1/59 Double Ended Spanner
Item 4 is slightly odd - not made for Ariel, but modified by or for them. It has the original makers name ground out and 'Ariel' stamped in its place; it also has the sizes in BSW form.
Item 4 G1/124 Double Ended Spanner
Item 5 G1/66 Double Ended Spanner
Item 6 G1/55 Double Ended Spanner
Item 7 G1/55A Double Ended Spanner

Item 8 G1/102 Clutch hub nut tube spanner
Here's one I made earlier:

Item 9 Spark Plug spanner
Here's a real one, courtesy of David Andersen; along with a real tommy bar and a hub locking ring spanner. As you can see, mine is not too bad.


None of the tube spanners in my SQ4 kit are genuine - they are modern or old spanners of equivalent size.

Item 10: This does service as the G1/99 wheel spindle spanner

Item 11: Modern tube spanner pretending to be a G1/122
This is the clutch centre pin box spanner that currently graces my W/NG tool kit - I only have one of these:

Item 12 - Clutch centre screw spanner
This modern one does the job:



Here's my tommy bar - just a bit of 5/16" rod. Note that the real one has two steps - the smallest one is for the hole in the front wheel spindle, and this is not the same tommy bar that appears in earlier tool kits:

Item 13 Tommy Bar
Recently I turned up a tommy bar to the Ariel pattern Here it is, with a W/NG one alongside:



I've asked Acme Stainless about making some reproduction tommy bars.

Item 14 G1/94 Ring Spanner

Item 15 G1/103 Ring Spanner
This is the tappet adjuster spanner - unfortunately I only have one of these at the minute and that is in the W/NG tool kit. I guess I will have to make a copy.

Item 16 G1/118 Tappet Adjuster spanner

Item 17 G1/33 Screwdriver
I made this one too:
Item 18: Screwdriver for clutch spring nuts - homemade G1/86
Here's a modern dynamo & crankshaft sprocket extractor:

Item 19 Dynamo & crankshaft sprocket extractor
Item 20 is the bolt from this extractor.

Item 21, Dunlop 7" Tyre Lever

Item 22 Tecalemit 7MC Grease Gun

Item 23, 14" Thapex Tyre Inflator

Item 24 Tool Roll
Item 25 Socket Key, 5/16", for the fork leg pinch bolts
Another home-made job:

Item 26 Hub Locking Ring Spanner


Item 27 QD Wheel Nut Spanner

Well, I never thought I'd see one of these, but Draganfly have them in stock.

Item 28 QD Wheel Nut Spanner Extension 

Here's the tool kit in place in the kidney toolbox on my 1951 Square Four:


All laid out:


Here are a few links to my other toolkit pages:

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