Mark98SS

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I'm playing with these for the 1st time, any tips? I've put together one end but it didn't look like the hose went very far into either the blue or red fittings. I pulled on it & it didn't budge but it just doesn't look corroect. Any help is appreciated.

LS1MCSS

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Put a small amount of oil on the fittings before you try to assemble them. I did this and they are a lot easier to assemble that way. Put masking tape on the hose before you try to cut it and then cut through the middle of the tape and you will get a clean cut. I used a die grinder with a 4 inch cut off wheel to cut the hose.

Speed Density

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Anything -10 or smaller i can do with a snap. -10+ is a PITA!

I use the same oil/tape theory too.

Good Luck.

Tony.

Mark98SS

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Thanks

EPP

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http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com....html?item=776
These cutters make the job a whole lot easier. Bob

Mark98SS

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What's the sequence with the red (outer) & blue (inner) parts. The red one threads reverse onto the braided jacket & the blue one (with the hose barb)threads into the red one. Do I start with the blue one partially screwed down into the red one & then try to get the red part threaded down all the way on the hose & then thread the blue part the rest of the way into the red part? Also: teflon tape? Thanks again for any help.

Lonnies Performance

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It is also a good idea to screw the hose all the way into the outer fitting & mark it with a piece of tape. That way when you start assembling the 2 fittings, you can tell if the hose pushed out of the fitting. This is important to verify it is assembled correctly, otherwise it may leak or come apart.

Mark98SS

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So how do you work the 2 fittings all the way over/into the braided hose?

Lonnies Performance

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Screw the outer nut all the way over the hose (and mark it as I stated) then start the inner. Getting it started usually isn't fun, but it is the correct way.

If you leave the outer slightly off the rose, it is easier to start, but will not provide the clamping force it was designed to have.

A little oil on the inner usually helps get things started.

Never use any teflon tape.

Many hose manufacturers have technical sites that explain the proper methods & the appropriate gap between the 2 fittings when it is fully tightened.

Mark98SS

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Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.

MiaSSmaro98

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me too

Mark98SS

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Thanks for all the advice, got it together perfect

WestSide

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Really? Did you use a vice at all? I need to cut my hoses and put my fittings on but thought that I wouldn't be able to without a vice (and without screwing my nice new fittings up)

code4

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The hoses I've done recently had outer (red) fittings that were threaded on the inside so all you have to do is screw it on over the braided line.. They are very easy. That is the type lonnie is referring to. I have put together the other style that you have to press onto the braided hose (no threads). They are a pita without a special vice.

The inner piece I spray a little wd40 then use a socket to tighten it while holding the red fitting in a vice or have a friend using a wrench. Def mark the hose so you can tell if it is slipping out of the red fitting as lonnie mentioned.

Mark98SS

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I have the kind code4 is talking about. Very easy to do once I understood how. I cut the hose with a 4" grinder & thin wheel.

MeentSS02

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What brand fittings are we talking about here?

Mark98SS

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I used Russell, got the parts from Nasty Performance.

lethal93ta

I use earls fittings, I use duct tape to wrap where Im cutting, I use a chop saw to cut them, i have the special vice clamps to hold them in the vice, I put the red peice in the the side that the hose go's into, untape the hose and slide it in there, if some braides hang up I have a pocket screw driver on hand to push them in, then I take it out of the vise and put it in that the hose in hanging down out of the vice so the fitting is sticking straight up, if its a straight fitting I put a AN T in the other piece to use as a handle to held get it started, use oil on the threads and a little on the rubber hose, you can use a big center punch and stick it inside the hose, kinda go in a circle and it helps ease the rubber in some and makes the blue thread in eaiser, just thread it in then. I put loads of fittings together and never had any of them leak.

Phoenix 5.7

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http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...54053_-1_10019

something like this will protect ur fittings in a vice

lethal93ta

http://www.jegs.com/webapp/wcs/store...0002_747182_-1

these are what I use.