***Fail***

[[486]]

Tons of times. I never have problems.

Car I'm driving today actually has all new (less than 5yo hoses) including heater circuit and shit.

dunno bro, happens all the time, doesn't even help to crank clamps down retard tight initially

 

[arse_sidewards]

dunno bro, happens all the time, doesn't even help to crank clamps down retard tight initially

I don't do retard tight because I'm afraid of popping the stamped sheet-metal. I do "really tight" with a screwdriver or "not very right" with my 1/4 stubby ratchet.

I have NEVER had a worm gear clamp leak (except when knowingly using doing shit wrong). IDK, maybe I just have the magic touch.

 

[M92PV4U]

I don't do retard tight because I'm afraid of popping the stamped sheet-metal. I do "really tight" with a screwdriver or "not very right" with my 1/4 stubby ratchet.

I have NEVER had a worm gear clamp leak (except when knowingly using doing shit wrong). IDK, maybe I just have the magic touch.

Go check the torque on them now, even if you don’t admit it, I bet that some of them are loose.

 

[Ummduh]

I don't do retard tight because I'm afraid of popping the stamped sheet-metal. I do "really tight" with a screwdriver or "not very right" with my 1/4 stubby ratchet.

I have NEVER had a worm gear clamp leak (except when knowingly using doing shit wrong). IDK, maybe I just have the magic touch.

Ditto, I've never once in my entire life thus far, had to go back and retighten a worm clamp.

 

[Ditchrunner]

Ditto, I've never once in my entire life thus far, had to go back and retighten a worm clamp.

I have, but was it me, the clamp, the hose or some combination of dumbfuckery?

 

[87manche]

i've retightened worm clamps after heat cycles.

I've also had constant tension clamps break from rust.

if you all would stop driving poverty shit you'd have stainless oeticker style clamps from the factory

 

[arse_sidewards]

if you all would stop driving poverty shit you'd have stainless oeticker style clamps from the factory

I bypassed the P/S cooler on the Grand Cherocar because it has those and one is leaking.

 

[ExWrench]

After 5 tightenings over a week, I went back to wire.

 

[subybaja]

Check.

 

[Ransil]

Check.

I bought one of those at the SCORE show 34 years ago, think I still have it.

 

[BigMopar440]

I bought one of those at the SCORE show 34 years ago, think I still have it.

Never seen that before. What's it called and how does it work?

 

[ExWrench]

Never seen that before. What's it called and how does it work?

Clamptite is the OG brand. It lets you make clamps from wire.



A bit fiddly, but nice results and good for oddball clamping or binding needs.

 

[M92PV4U]

Never seen that before. What's it called and how does it work

Amazon.com

 

[Sceep]

Cool!

Amazon.com

Not cool enough to randomly blow $75 on though.

 

[Grnjp92]

Cool!



Not cool enough to randomly blow $75 on though.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a homebuilt one on here

 

[BigMopar440]

Time to check HF.

 

[Unka-Boo]

Freightliner has started using plastic collars that you have to cut off when you need to pull a hose, change a thermostat, or swap a busted radiator.


I mean, I get it. Those plastic collars have 300k miles on em....but damn.

Been doing that for eons...Gates makes them, "freeze clamps"...mostly saw Schnieder trucks spec'd with them.
Field replacement are heat shrink.
Theres a fancy cutter youre supposed to use to remove them, but I'd only seen two in real life, most techs just went after them with whatever sharp thing they had...no biggie if you were replacing the hose anyway. 99% of the time they got replaced with a standard clamp.

 

[Muckin_Slusher]

You can literally build those wire clamp tools out of any random piece of garbage steel you find in the dirt.

...and arse made fun of me for using those on my unimog.

or make art...

 

[eraser5]

Cool!



Not cool enough to randomly blow $75 on though.

There are some versions for under $30.

 

[M92PV4U]

Cool!



Not cool enough to randomly blow $75 on though.

Just the first result to pop up.

 

[subybaja]

Cool!



Not cool enough to randomly blow $75 on though.

There are some versions for under $30.

The OG is $29.95

https://clamptitetools.com/product/standard-clamptite-tool-clt05/

 

[arse_sidewards]

Double or nothing.

Loaded that POS onto the trailer and one of the lowers fucked off.

 

[Mikel]

 

[[486]]

if you all would stop driving poverty shit you'd have stainless oeticker style clamps from the factory

do you mean the cv boot style crimped on ones

or the norma style worm drive eurotrash?

 

[clodhopper]

Dunno where the rails went, but this thread hasnt seen them in quite a while. Guess it is the exact right place for such a thing to happen.

 

[Ditchrunner]

Dunno where the rails went, but this thread hasnt seen them in quite a while. Guess it is the exact right place for such a thing to happen.

The rails have been torn up, shipped to China, and made into shitty clamping devices of all kinds.

 

[Mikel]

 

[dentedsub]

 

[SLOWPOKE693]

Double fail for the video caption.

 

[JpZombie]

Wife saw this while leaving work. Fail for the truck-thing and for her not pulling over and taking a better picture of it.