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?
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Strap wrench?Originally posted by XM15 -
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.Comment
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Heat will help with the locktite, if its like mine there was a ton of Red LoctiteComment
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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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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.Comment
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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 annoComment
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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.
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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.Comment
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Very cool tool. I just would have used 3" nipples.Comment
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