Homemade oil lines-PowerGrip hose clamps
Posted by shinyribs on Jul 25, 2012; 3:55am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Homemade-oil-lines-PowerGrip-hose-clamps-tp4025835.html
I decided it would be a good time to replace my oil lines while the bike is down waiting on clutch parts to arrive. I considered converting to AN fittings and hose,but it priced out close to $125. Not happening. I ended up getting some Parker Pushlock braided hose rated for oil at $2.50/foot and some of the Gates Power Grip hose clamps. These things are awesome. I had no idea how much they cost. The guy selling them just got them in a couple months ago and has been trying to find someone to test them out,so he gave the four clamps I needed for free
According to Jegs they run about $4 each. http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&Ntk=all&Jnar=0&Ne=1%2B2%2B3%2B13%2B1147708&searchTerm=32922 I really think these clamps hold well. When I pushed the lines on the old fitting they were snug,but you could still rotate the hose on the fittings. After heating the clamps i could not rotate them no matter how hard I tried. My heat gun is a 750 or 1000 degree model. I used the 1000 degree setting per manufacturers rec. It takes about 30 seconds before the clamp is fully seated it seems. Nice clean look,no running back and forth to get hoses crimped in town ( and fear of the end getting rotated wrong) and you can do it at home for a few bucks. Four clamps and the hose would run right at $21.
This is the clamp before I heated it. It was not a very tight fit so I was curious if it would really shrink as much as it said it would.
Here it is after shrinking. It pinched down nice and even and you can see where it really bit down around the end of the hose. A little carb cleaner on a rag wiped the printing off.
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/Homemade-oil-lines-PowerGrip-hose-clamps-tp4025835.html
I decided it would be a good time to replace my oil lines while the bike is down waiting on clutch parts to arrive. I considered converting to AN fittings and hose,but it priced out close to $125. Not happening. I ended up getting some Parker Pushlock braided hose rated for oil at $2.50/foot and some of the Gates Power Grip hose clamps. These things are awesome. I had no idea how much they cost. The guy selling them just got them in a couple months ago and has been trying to find someone to test them out,so he gave the four clamps I needed for free
According to Jegs they run about $4 each. http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/KeywordSearchCmd?storeId=10001&catalogId=10002&langId=-1&Ntk=all&Jnar=0&Ne=1%2B2%2B3%2B13%2B1147708&searchTerm=32922 I really think these clamps hold well. When I pushed the lines on the old fitting they were snug,but you could still rotate the hose on the fittings. After heating the clamps i could not rotate them no matter how hard I tried. My heat gun is a 750 or 1000 degree model. I used the 1000 degree setting per manufacturers rec. It takes about 30 seconds before the clamp is fully seated it seems. Nice clean look,no running back and forth to get hoses crimped in town ( and fear of the end getting rotated wrong) and you can do it at home for a few bucks. Four clamps and the hose would run right at $21.
This is the clamp before I heated it. It was not a very tight fit so I was curious if it would really shrink as much as it said it would.
Here it is after shrinking. It pinched down nice and even and you can see where it really bit down around the end of the hose. A little carb cleaner on a rag wiped the printing off.
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