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how do i remove Pig Nose Fittings please?
We have to remove a large glass panel and it has been fitted with what I would term ‘Pig Nose Fittings’. They are basically a standard 40-50mm dia stand off spacer, but to tighten them it has 2 holes in the face of the head, not too dissimilar to a hand grinder nut.
Anyone know a supplier of these, I don’t need the spacers but a spanner to undo the existing ones.
And no a hand grinder spanner does not fit, the pins are too big..!!cheers
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7 Replies
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Flat bar, two roll pins, drill to correct spacing. five minutes job sorted
Peter
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Thanks Peter, but the only problem is the site is 45 mins away and I cant see my lads being able to make one on site. It would be more cost effective if I can buy one.
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or try long nose pliers, or circlips tool for a quick fix.
Nick
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two suitable bolts or pins in the holes put bar between and rotate. right angled c-clip pliers. hammer and punch 😥 glass
chris
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thanks for the replies
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Sounds a bit like Snake-eye fixings found here http://www.toolfastdirect.co.uk/acatalo … crews.html but maybe larger?
Colin
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We had the same problem last week………….
I think there are two sizes of the ‘snake eye’ fixings so we took a pencil rubbing of what we needed and gave it to our local independent tool and fixing supplier who got it in from their supplier overnight.
The tool he got us was a simple hex driver bit that you’d use in a hand drill to do up screws and cost us five quid 🙂
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