You do know those things ratchet, click, click, click - you dont need to unscrew them nor re-adjust em once aimed.

The top of the head is flush with the top of the body so I cannot get my fingers on them to turn them slightly when they need a small adjustment.

With the Rain Birds, you can use the tool to pull up the head and turn it.

I dunno, I've never had a problem lifting em,, maybe channel locks or my trust wiremold screwdriver, those are my two yard tool other than hunter wrenches - one of those two tools lifts it enough to hand grab and change a nozzle.
Disassembled and cleaned all those toro nozzles once and afterwards they won't keep their settings worth a dang for a month or so. Figure I'll never touch those screws again unless I absolutely have too. PIA

Wish I could draw a picture of the tool I use. It looks like a pair of needle-nose pliers, but has a little nub on the outiside of the very end of the nose, on both sides. In order to lift the head, you squeeze the handles together, and the nubs wedge in under the inside lip of the spray head. Toro, Rainbird, doesn't matter.

Then, once the head is lifted, you can use the same tool to clamp on the riser so that the head stays up for whatever you're doing, changing the head, adjusting, whatever...

I got mine at a garden supply store in Los Altos, CA

GreenieBeanie

That tool sounds like the one by Rainbird.

I tried it in the store on the Toro's and it didn't seem to fit but I am going back now to see if it will work after all.

Thanks

What's wrong with using the tools the good lord gave you...your index fingernails? I've never owned any tool to pull up the riser stem on a pop up spray head in almost 25 years in the industry.

All Wet
Texas Licensed Irrigator #1897 since 1984

Fingernails work good for me too. Or, you can adjust them while they're running. Then you'll be all wet too.

I'm with All Wet and Mizzou - we use our fingernails to pull 'em up when that is necessary.
It's easier to work on sprays while the system is running, that way EVERYTHING gets flushed, including the piping.
We also adjust them with the system on, anything else is guesswork.
Another thing you can do with the 570's is replace them with a GOOD head!

I adjust them while their running as stated before "anything else is guessing". I've used 570's for years, never had any real problems, they pop and they spray. Hunter and Rainbird have some nice nozzle options; beyond that its simply a Ford or Chevy argument.

I have had a terrible time with the wiper seals going bad (the rubber ring that sits right inside the cap). I just replaced about 10 recently - I get leaks between the cap and the body. You have to replace with a whole new body - can't buy just the wiper seal.

duuuuuuuh. keep the red cap on when you install them.........then pull it up............then unscrew..........then screw in proper nozzle. wow.