34mm Crowfoot

[sambolino44]

I need a 34mm crowfoot wrench to assemble my first stage with a torque wrench, and I can't find one anywhere. I don't want to buy a whole set of crowfoot wrenches just to get the one I need. Does anybody have any suggestions?

 

[ffhamm]

Snap on, Mac, Cornwell or any place that sells professional tools.

Jeff

 

[redacted]

Rather than investing in crowfoot wrenches for scuba REGS, I simply use a standard open-end wrench. But I take a large enough socket and cut two openings in the side to engage the handle of the standard wrench. Attach that socket to your torque wrench and it works the same way as a crowfoot where accessibility is not the problem forcing you to crowfoot. You will need a good vise or a 3rd hand to work it.

 

[ffhamm]

Make sure if you do this, you attach the torque wrench as close as possible to the open end of the wrench. This will minimize the leverage that is applied. With this method there is a good possibility of applying more torque than you have planned on, rendering your torque reading useless. Is this a critical component, or is it just the nut that holds the yoke on?
Jeff

 

[Couv]

When I need a single socket,(or any single tool normally found in a set) I go to a pawn shop and get one for around $1-$2....clean it the same way I would a regulator...then it becomes dedicated to that use. If I can get two of the same, I do that because if I get too carried away with the grinder/sander/file when I modify it, I don't want to go in search of again.

c

 

[redacted]

Make sure if you do this, you attach the torque wrench as close as possible to the open end of the wrench. This will minimize the leverage that is applied. With this method there is a good possibility of applying more torque than you have planned on, rendering your torque reading useless. Is this a critical component, or is it just the nut that holds the yoke on?
Jeff

Keep the torque wrench at about a 90 degree angle to the open end wrench and your torque setting will be fairly accurate. (What you are really shooting for is an isosceles triangle.) You only throw the setting off if you shorten or lengthen the torque arm.

 

[350xfire]

Harbor Freight Tools.