Scubapro MK17 to Yoke

[Bubbletrubble]

Bubbletrubble, if there is any way you could send the link for the video it would be greatly appreciated.

@cyclone3565: I haphazardly inserted the link to the manual without testing it. The link is now fixed. My sincerest apologies.

Good luck with the conversion.

Alternatively, if you don't have all the tools or know-how to do the job yourself, it shouldn't be a big deal for your local dive shop to do the conversion. FYI, if you provide the yoke parts at the time of your reg overhaul, the shop shouldn't charge you any extra for installing the yoke parts when reassembling the reg. Until your next overhaul, you can simply use a spin-on DIN-to-yoke adapter. It would only be a short-lived inconvenience.

 

[Zung]

That's how I do it, according to DA Aquamaster's teaching:

 

[cyclone3565]

Hi Bubbletrubble,

I should be okay, I have both the foot/pound and Inch/pound torque wrench. I will try not to use the Boot/pound method, as I have found it to work best on my diesel truck, which is not the life support equipment I am dealing with here, Thank you for fixing the link, I will try it now.

 

[DA Aquamaster]

I need to de-rail this train right now.

The boot method is being taken WAY out of context and is in fact the answer to a different question.

Placing your foot on a first stage on a carpeted surface is a good field expedient if you don't have a suitable padded vice or a reg box to use when removing a fitting. It could also be used in torquing a fitting, but only if you use a torque wrench.

What is critically important and is missing from that picture is a torque wrench. You absolutely need to properly torque the DIN (or yoke) retainer.

Personally, I have found that if you have a full sized first stage wrench screwed into a high pressure port, that will provide enough lever arm on the first stage to allow you to hold it in one hand and torque it with the other with no need for the boot method.

I only bring out the boot when I have a badly stuck or corroded fitting to remove.

That's how I do it, according to DA Aquamaster's teaching:

 

[cyclone3565]

LOL I realized that the boot method does not apply here. I figured that I should be able to hold my first stage while applying 23 foot pounds.

As I mentioned though, there is a place for the "Boot" method, such as when dropping the front axle on a diesel truck installing a lift kit. At that point the Boot method, as well as the "throw sledge hammer" methods are very applicable, much to my wife's dismay.

Thanks to everyone for your help. Bubbletrubble, the manual is great, the video is awesome.

Thanks again