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Tool for stubborn tap head gear?

JCplumb

JCplumb

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As the title suggests. Anyone know of a decent tool for removing a really stubborn tap head gear?
I've usually managed to crack them after a while but one job a couple of months ago had me beat, the customer had these really old taps and he loved them and I was close to threading the 'nut' part of the tap head trying to remove it. I actually admitted defeat on that one but have promised him I will be back when I figure out how to get it off. I was there to replace a valve on his toilet but he mentioned the dripping taps and said that 2 other plumbers had failed at removing them before me.
I remember seeing something on dragons den a year or so ago, it looked decent to be fair but was slated by the dragons.
 
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Did have 28mm copper pipe used on some taps.
But had a bigger tap and needed LCS I had tucked away, I thought it was big enough but was only 1" so had to upscale with reducer and a bigger spanner on headgear.
Come off o.k. though, leverage.
 
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All this freeze talk spray makes me laugh, no way is it going to freeze or shrink anything... I have had a can in the van for a couple years I normally use it to try & free a bolt etc but I doubt very much it's freeze / shrink abilities... I'd imagine you'd have to use half a can for that & im far too tight fisted for that! Better off getting the blowlamp on it & doing the opposite ??
 
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Impact socket set and impact driver, 17,18,19,20mm will do most taps and stopcocks.

Holding a backnut box spanner as a brace so the tap doesn't move

I pull the guts out of 50-60 yr old taps with it on a daily basis
 
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