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Originally Posted by cook
Is a flare nut wrench basically the same as a "crow foot" socket?
Just wondering if they are basically interchangable.
They look very, very similar as far as I can tell.
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...not the same. A flare wrench has five sides rather that the two sides of a crow foot, so the flare wrench gets a better bite on the nut. Using a conventional open end wrench on a flare fitting nut runs the risk of rounding off the hex.
You can buy flare wrench heads that attach to the end of a socket wrench/extensions just like a crowfoot.
Duke