Denny B wrote:
> "Kathy and Erich Coiner" > wrote in message
> news:PGVxe.7990$Fy4.267@trnddc04...
>
>>Worst comes to worse, you can grind/ break the heads of the bolts
>
> off the
>
>>cylinder Then use new hardware with the new cylinder.
>>
>>My trick for getting tubing nuts off is this.
>>
>
>
>
>>First place a tubing wrench on the nut. Then take vise grips and
>
> close them
>
>>over the wrench.
>>The vise grips keep the wrench from flexing open as you bust the nut
>
> loose.
>
>>Use big enough vise grips and you can prevent rounding off the nut.
>>
>>Erich
>
>
> Thanks for this above tip, using a vice grip over
> a tubing wrench. It happened to me once where
> I rounded a tubing nut and had a heck of a time
> getting it off.
> This vice grip method should prevent that
> from haappening.
>
> Denny B

It won't save every fitting but it does help. And I can tell you from
personal experience that flare nut wrenches do "spread."

nate

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