[ICOM] ICW32A BNC spanner nut tool

[Frank A. Ellis]

Hi all,

I own an Xcelite TW-32 as well as a Motorola ST-1182. They are both both spanner wrenches that resemble small nutdrivers. I have owned them both for many years, I believe since back to the 70's when I did commercial FM repair work.

I did some googling on the part numbers and came up pretty short. I think if they were still in production there would have been more hits. Anyway, I googled them because I thought I might find a size in one of the series of these tools that would be large enough to accomplish the task you need. Both of mine are way too small.

I did find an interesting post on an Elecraft reflector, which I will provide a link for below, which has a little information, but not much. Will keep snooping around. If I find anything interesting, I will post again.

http://www.mail-archive.com/elecraft@mailman.qth.net/msg51605.html

73, Frank W3UHF






On Jul 27, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Gary Fiber wrote:

> When I was at Icom America, the factory had someone manufacturer those 
> tools for them. I had heard Snap-ON had a set but I do not know the 
> actual tool number. The one's Icom had made some 12 years ago appeared 
> to be made on a bench grinder.
> I am unsure of the proper nomenclature but think they are called a dog 
> type spanner as the two "pins" are also referred to as dogs in some 
> circles. Icom used to have a few for sale, don't know if they still do 
> or what the cost would be.
> 
> Gary K8IZ
> 
> On 7/26/2011 8:49 AM, Larry L. Hinton wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am looking for a spanner nut tool to remove the nut on a BNC connector,
>> specifically on an IC-W32A. I tried the usual things such as long needle
>> nose pliers (actually broke the tip) and a couple of other tools around. The
>> nut will not budge.
>> 
>> Years ago, I had a tool set specifically for these types of nuts when I
>> worked avionics repair. However, they have taken a walk into no man's land.
>> These tools were basically thin wall deep sockets with two rectangular pins
>> 180 degrees apart. My shop is very limited and manufacturing something like
>> this would take quite some time.
>> 
>> Anyone have suggestions on a source for such a tool?
>> 
>> Tnx,
>> 
>> Larry
>> K7YBZ
>> 
>> 
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73, Frank A. Ellis, W3UHF