RENE'S RAGE

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Any tricks for putting on AN fittings on SS braided lines?
Making transmission lines out of -06 AN SS braided line.
Can't get the braided line to fit inside the socket of the fitting, it just
unravels and will not go into socket.
How much of the braided line should go in the socket?

I've taped the hose and cut through the tape, to keep it from unraveling.
But no luck.

HELP!!!

spaulding

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One layer electric tape cut with a fast whizzer blade then stuff the end on twisting slightly and once its bottoms mark the end of the fitting with a line of tape dip the male part that goes into the hose in a small amount of atf and as your assembling the fitting keep a eye on the taped mark to make sure your not pulling the female end off the hose

Photochop

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What he said. Another good thing to have is a vice to hold the hose in while cutting and putting the fittings on. Make sure you tape the line tight and if it frays after cutting outside the tape use a file to get rid of loose edges before putting the female end on the line. A drop of motor oil on the threads is enough to lubricate it so you can twist it together easier.

djfury05

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Also twist the fitting counterclockwise has always worked better for me seems like it threads itself on that way. I just put on about 8 fittings earlier using the above method took about 3 minutes no problem.

03supercobra

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Get some good cable cutters and use that, it is life saving. Jegs sells some big ones for around $30 bucks or so.

1BDHWK

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^This! It makes life easy with AN hoses.

LsoneGT

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I ran my entire fuel system using a fine tooth metal blade hack saw. Use one layer of duct tape to cut the line. Then removed it a and wrapped one layer of electrical tape, placed the fitting on the flat part of my vice. The I put the hose end in the fiting putting downward pressure and used a wrench to spin the fitting around the hose. Took about 2 min per fitting. Push the line in till it bottoms out in the fitting, the screw in the other side.

Slowhawk

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This. No tape needed.

RENE'S RAGE

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Thanks guys. These are the ways I'm doing this.
I've cut it with a port-a-band and also a cutoff wheel. Tape the line before cutting.
The cuts are nice and square and not frayed.
Still can't get the braided line to fit inside the socket. I can push the rubber hose all the way in, but the braided part just unravels, staying on the outside of the socket.

I've done the Nylon Braided Hose on my fuel rails with no problems.
I don't know what else to do, except take the hose and fittings back to where I purchase them from and let them put the fittings on.

Slowhawk

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I'm guessing you are spinning them on?

RENE'S RAGE

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Yeah, I've been spinning them clockwise, counterclockwise and otherwise.
They say to spin them counterclockwise, but still no luck.
This has F... up my whole F... ing weekend
Wanted to get all the bottom of the car button up this weekend.

RENE'S RAGE

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Hey Slowhawk,
In one of my other threads, you said to get rid of the knock sensors on my SD tune.
What about the o2 sensors also. Do I need them for a SD tune.
Also thinking about running some type of race gas. Don't know leaded or unleaded yet.
I hear the o2 don't like leaded gas.
Thanks

03supercobra

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What brand fitting? Some of them are definitely more difficult than others. The nice thing about using the cable/hose cutters is than it squeezes down the end and makes it easier to start the hose properly into the socket.

RENE'S RAGE

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Aeroquip.
Maybe I need a cable cutter.
I do all the work on my car and never ran into anything I couldn't do.
And believe me, I've done it all.

krissoto

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Put the end in a socket that fits it and use a ratchet to put it on the hose end. U can also use a impact just be careful.

RENE'S RAGE

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Finally got these suckers on.
I took a grinding tip and enlarged the inside of the socket, just enought to get the braided part inside there. Still was a bitch.
Thanks for everyones help.

Hardcoresoldier

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get a Kool tools kit, makes assembling them a piece of cake.

mr_biscuitz

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Speedway sell them for 19.99 and I always use a little lube on the fitting to make it slide into the hose a little easier.

studderin

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check the hose and fitting if they have a direction. Call them or online pdf tech notes. Some Hose ends nuts have lead or a thread OD helix for one way (the telfon line, ptfe, stuff I know is). Some hose like going CW or CC, the inner hose dose, so use that style fitting, thats more on the ptfe stuff, I think its the tight bend hose has a twist in the hose.

On the stainless hose for cutting, the best way is a big *** hammer, big nice chisel on a block off alum. sounds dumb, works the best, try it. Might take 1-2 hammers, on big stuff -10+ (wider harder to keep it flat to get all of them on one hit). Just keep the chisel down on the spot and look if there a few strans still on one side, and whack one more time on the side to get them. the hose will come back to round right after being cut, and keeps them tight while cutting alot better then a saw. Or cutter. or tape to pull on them, so no loose strans. And its faster and easier, less tools to have out (everone has them already), no need to store a big *** 4 foot long $50 cable cutter most guys will use a few times.
Less waste, easier to cut a short piece, the less you mess with the hose the less it gets frayed like trimming off a short price a saw loosens them up. And no sparks, oe dust getting put inside the hose, and inside the braided like a saw dose.

studderin

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earls has a good video



try this guys