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Re: Rubber Grease

To: "Spridgets List" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Rubber Grease
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 08:32:58 -0700
References: <005001c35d4e$f5ed2ea0$ef5f79a5@fred>
The problem is how do you

"work the cotter pin tool's end up under the hose between the hose and the
fitting it's stuck on.   working the tool around the fitting allows the hose
to come completly free"

on the bottom hose of a Bugeye? Not as easy as you make it sound.

Installation is easy but removal can be a pain in the ass.


----- Original Message ----- 
From "Charles Christ" <cfchrist at earthlink.net>
To: "Larry Miller" <millerls@ado13.com>; "Spridgets List"
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:46 PM
Subject: Re: Rubber Grease


> first off ,  in spite of the pain in the tush some hoses are to install
> there should never be any lubricant or adhesion inhibitor used in the
> aplication of cooling system hoses that see pressure!   you can experience
a
> wonderfull failure when the hose slips off when under pressure.   in
adition
> some hoses are quite prone to swelling and weakening with the use of the
> lubricants.    now for removal try using the "cotter pin removal" tool
that
> evryone sez is a useless tool.  after loosening the clamp slip it off the
> area where it was seated and work the cotter pin tool's end up under the
> hose between the hose and the fitting it's stuck on.   working the tool
> around the fitting allows the hose to come completly free and slip off as
> easily as it went on.   this method does not deform the fitting nor
endanger
> the hose's ability to be reused.   some hoses seem to shrink onto their
> respective fittings.   try this method the next time you encounter a stuck
> hose.   either that or it's time for the ungodly expensive silicone racing
> hoses.......

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