How to get Scubapro Regulators Maintenance Tools kit?

[BSV]

Hi SB People,

I am new to the forum, but have been diving for quite long time, 16 years.

I am a big fan of Scubapro Regulators and have quite good experince mainteining the equipments of my previous Scuba Diving club, in the university.

I own a few Scubapro Regs MK-25 / S-600 & MK-17 / G250V. I use them for Technical and recreational Diving, recently I had a bad experience when an "Authorized Dealer" failed to adjust one of my regs properly, leding to a Free-Flow failure. I have decided not to use the dealers anymore and take care myself of the regs maintenance. But unfortunately Scubapro make necessary to use some special tools to work their regs.

My question for the you guys, is if someone could let me know how to get a hold of a Scubapro Set of Maintenance tools for regulators, or something similar useful for the same porpuse.

 

[knotical]

tools: http://www.scubatools.com/Catalog/catalog.pdf
Parts are a different issue.

 

[JBRES1]

Ditto on Scubatools.

They have everything you need.

Jim Breslin

 

[redacted]

Ditto on Scubatools.

They have everything you need.

Jim Breslin[/QUOTE

And a bunch of fun stuff you really don't need. You may want to research what is really necessary and what is nice to have. It can make a huge difference in the cost of your tool kit.

 

[halocline]

Welcome to the DIY reg service crowd. You can get a lot of great information here about working on your SP regs. Absolutely check out scubatools, maybe decide what you're thinking of buying, and post that here if you want some advice on which tools are necessary and which are luxury. Awap tends to be pretty adventurous making his own tools.

I would get the SP tool that has the funny hose fitting, pin spanner and 1st stage wrench. I'd also get their nice double hook o-ring pick, the MK20/25 bushing tool, IP gauge w/LP inflator fitting, some Christolube. For sure you should get Vance Harlow's great book on regulator repair, and the Wolfinger book called "regulator savvy" is pretty interesting, not nearly as useful for basic "how-to-do-it" info as the Harlow book, but it has some interesting info about reg design and function.

I have heard recently that you can buy parts from SP dealers in Europe. Is this true? I guess you're going to find out.

 

[Couv]

...ditto to the above & add the yoke socket unless you are good at modifying tools. You might as well go whole hog and get all your stuff in one order and save on the shipping. Bullets, o-ring insertion tool and the book. http://www.scubatools.com/c-12-scubapro.aspx

couv

 

[knotical]

And for procedures:
http://www.frogkick.dk/manuals/scubapro/

 

[halocline]

He doesn't need the bullet for the MK25. Actually, the bushing tool is a bit of a luxury as well, you can simply install the HP seat, then carefully push the piston in. I suspect it's worth buying the tool, it does make it easier to be sure that the bushings are in correctly.

There's a MK17 socket for the diaphragms. I don't know if it's necessary, but I bet someone else does.

Good call on the yoke socket, I forgot about that one. Awap has made a few of these, in fact I'm using one of those, and it works fine. It's just a matter of grinding down a 1" socket.

 

[herman]

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Good call on the yoke socket, I forgot about that one. Awap has made a few of these, in fact I'm using one of those, and it works fine. It's just a matter of grinding down a 1" socket.

I have done that as well but most often for removing the yoke nut, I reach for a 1" wrench that I ground out the throat on. I bought a cheap 1" wrench and used my grinder to make the throat deep enough that it will fit over the yoke and get a complete bite on the nut at the same time. Works great and you can get a bunch of torque on those stubborn nuts that have gotten corroded on.

BSV, while you are at it, make or buy an IP gauge. They can be made cheaply and are a necessity for working on any reg. Just be sure to either get/make one with a relief valve or ALWAYS ALWAYS install at least 1 second stage in addition to the IP gauge. Do a search on the board, there are photos of one that blew up due to overpressure. I posted the details of how to build one a while back.

 

[halocline]

Herman, the wrench works fine for removing the yoke, but there is a specific torque spec for tightening SP yokes, and we all know about what happened to a few MK20s that were severely over torqued. The advantage of the socket is that you can, and really should, use a torque wrench to install the yoke.