Check your NuTs!!

[bruceh]

Originally Posted by Taltruda

Yeah but on a plane that’s already together, that won’t work. I took a box end wrench and cut it open so it’s like a flare tube wrench, then heated and bent it into a S shape. I still had to grind it thinner to fit. I wanted more strength than an open end wrench, and could have just used a flare nut wrench but didn’t want to sacrifice one for it.

I did this with a large offset box wrench. Just use the cutting wheel to slice into the box section. Plenty strong enough to torque the jam nut tight enough.

[Taltruda]

Originally Posted by bruceh

I did this with a large offset box wrench. Just use the cutting wheel to slice into the box section. Plenty strong enough to torque the jam nut tight enough.

That’s almost exactly what I bent up with a torch..