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Old Dec 10th 2010, 1:39 pm
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I need a set of crow's foot spanners - something just like this would be great - but Speedex, Ace and Yellow Hat have all let me down... I'll just order them online if I have to but I'd drive to Sharjah or AD if it means I can get them here... anyone have any suggestions? Someplace somewhere has to sell them here... TIA!
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I need a set of crow's foot spanners - something just like this would be great - but Speedex, Ace and Yellow Hat have all let me down... I'll just order them online if I have to but I'd drive to Sharjah or AD if it means I can get them here... anyone have any suggestions? Someplace somewhere has to sell them here... TIA!
Me - I'd try a pair of mole-grips on the bolt. If that don't work, bu some cheap spanners and machine them back (ask a friend at the HCT for access to their milling machines)..... As a final resort, find a place in the UAE than make you a tool using SLS? (Try EST Dubai....)
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There is zero room to work around the nut I need to loosen and it's on the end of a hose so mole grips are out. It has to be an 18mm crowsfoot spanner. I'm not going to dick around milling anything, if I can't find them here I'll just order a set online... but somewhere's gotta sell them here. I'll get in touch with the Snap-On regional sales office, find out which places actually retail their tools...
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Default Re: Long shot - crow's foot spanners in UAE?

Originally Posted by Bungdit Din
There is zero room to work around the nut I need to loosen and it's on the end of a hose so mole grips are out. It has to be an 18mm crowsfoot spanner. I'm not going to dick around milling anything, if I can't find them here I'll just order a set online... but somewhere's gotta sell them here. I'll get in touch with the Snap-On regional sales office, find out which places actually retail their tools...
There are a lot of builder's merchants/tool shops on Najda Street in AD - between Electra and Hamdan. It's surprising what they stock - but you have to be prepared to go in and ask - they don't have everything on display. Phoning and asking for crow foot spanners probably won't help - language barrier would be an issue.
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There is zero room to work around the nut I need to loosen and it's on the end of a hose so mole grips are out. It has to be an 18mm crowsfoot spanner. I'm not going to dick around milling anything, if I can't find them here I'll just order a set online... but somewhere's gotta sell them here. I'll get in touch with the Snap-On regional sales office, find out which places actually retail their tools...
I take it the diff oil change isn't going according to plan then?
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I take it the diff oil change isn't going according to plan then?
That's all done, this is summat else...
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