[Shop-talk] flexible tubing

[Pat Horne]

Can’t help you with what type of tubing to use but you should be able to find “it” @ McMaster-Carr. Depending on the temperature range you use your jacks in Will help determine what type of tubing to use. Did you check w/a repair shop? I’d suspect nylon but it’s white & not very flexible. 

Did you try using a heat gun on the HD stuff to put it on?

Pat Horne 
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On Oct 20, 2025, at 1:47 PM, john niolon <jniolon at att.net> wrote:


OK... time to educate the old man...  I have a need to replace a section of flexible air tubing on a
air bag jack.  I fabricated a new handle to give the jack more reach and the original tubing is too short
 
I tried replacing original with H.D. stuff but it was too stiff to  slip over the fitting... The original tubing
is amber colored and very pliable...squeezes easily between your fingers.. the H.D. stuff was stiff
 
It press fits over a fitting with a holding nut keeping it in place.  I would imagine the working pressure
would be around 100#s since most compressors put out that much   It's i.d. is 3/26 and o.d. is 5/16 or
its metric equivalent.  Only markings on the orig is "013M" but I don't think that means `13mm'
 
so first question  … what type tubing do I need  vinyl ??? PVC ??? Polyethylene ????
second question  … where to find it   """  pics attached
 
thanks
john
 
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