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XM15
10-11-2009, 08:20 PM
I have looked around and can't find any info on how to get a centerflag 201 reg off. There are no wrench flats on the reg so how do you get it off?
secretweaponevan
10-11-2009, 11:58 PM
I have looked around and can't find any info on how to get a centerflag 201 reg off. There are no wrench flats on the reg so how do you get it off?

Strap wrench?
XM15
10-12-2009, 01:16 PM
I thought of a strap wrench but I'm not sure it will grip it tight enough. I'll give it a try. If it doesn't I'll have to look at making a tool.
211
10-12-2009, 02:35 PM
Heat will help with the locktite, if its like mine there was a ton of Red Loctite
pinkanese
10-22-2009, 01:24 PM
Did you get it off? if so what did you do? I have one of these tanks myself and can't get teh rego off for the life of me.
XM15
10-22-2009, 07:52 PM
I did finally get the sucker off. The strap wrench just couldn't grip it tight enough or give me enough leverge. I ended up making a tool out of a some 1- 1/2" hex stock. I could then get a wrench and a bar on it for leverage. That did the trick. There was no locktite on the threads. It turned hard for awhile which made me think I meesed up the threads in the tank. After I got the reg off the threads looked good in the tank and it spins in and out by hand.
pinkanese
10-22-2009, 08:02 PM
Could you show me a pic of this tool? I too found the strap wrench to not hold so I chucked the reg in a vise lined with some rubber adn tried to turn the tank of it with the strap wrench, but the reg always ended up slipping.
Sumthinwicked
10-22-2009, 08:12 PM
vise with wood it will crack when u crank on it (one use only)
but u can get a nice bite on it without damaging the anno
XM15
10-23-2009, 06:54 PM
Here are a few pics of the tool I made. I stripped the reg down and put 4 stainless elbows in it to torque on the reg with the tool.

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/th_DSCN5699.jpg (http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/?action=view&current=DSCN5699.jpg)

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/th_DSCN5698.jpg (http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/?action=view&current=DSCN5698.jpg)

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/th_DSCN5700.jpg (http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb80/Bzrkr21/?action=view&current=DSCN5700.jpg)
greezypete
10-23-2009, 09:29 PM
Very cool home made tool. I thought about doing something like that to remove regs with , but just ended up taking the fittings out of it and clamping it between wood blocks in a vise , and using lots of heat to help with the loctite.

Anyway , great job improvising the tool.
secretweaponevan
10-23-2009, 10:11 PM
Very cool tool. I just would have used 3" nipples.