Wow, thanks! "Line wrench" it is! As in, fuel/hydraulic line? So they'd be 12 point box with the gap to fit over the line? That would work as long as I can pull it to 75 ft/lbs. I was thinking that the gap would weaken it for those torques. On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Daigle, Marcus P SSG MIL USA FORSCOM < drcool.daigle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The 1/2 12 pt crowfoot wrench do exist.. they are line wrneches. I've used > some in the military, can't remeber if they were K&N or snapon or some other > tool brand. Check out each tool mfg website, there should be listings for > line wrenches.. I think craftsman might have the line wrenches in the > "proffesional" series. > > Marcus > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: tom jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, June 19, 2010 9:08 > Subject: [AKO Warning - Message fails DKIM verification] [AMC-list] wacky > wrench needed -- BOX END 12 point crow's foot 1/2" drive > To: "AMC/Rambler owners, drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > I think this tool might not even exist -- the two end nuts on the > > ARP studs > > won't accept a socket with the rocker shaft installed. I've been > > torquingit by using a box end wrench and extention to rotate the > > nut the same number > > of degrees as the others turned with the torque wrench; luckily > > they all > > turn the exact same amount. > > > > What I need is a crows foot wrench, but it's got to be a 12-point > > box end, > > 1/2" nut and 1/2" drive. I've never seen a box end crow's foot > > (I've seen > > pics of some "impact wrench" crow's foot that are 270 degrees, > > like a tubing > > wrench). > > > > Do they even exist? Can anyone think of a better solution? > > > > I'm thinking that maybe I should buy a 1/2" "impact socket" and > > weld a 1/2" > > drive socket to the side of it. I'm not worried about the torque > > error,it'll be small as the effective lever length will be about > > one inch, and if > > I torque 90 degrees off it's axis it won't matter much. > > -------------- next part -------------- > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > URL: < > http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100618/2ce57a00/attachment.htm > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AMC-list mailing list > > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.amc-list.com/pipermail/amc-list-amc-list.com/attachments/20100619/39ed65a9/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com