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Tube and barbs lube??
- Thread starter JCGhz
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- Dec 14, 2006
I had trouble with 7/16" on 13mm ID barbs (American + Australian parts)
I used to boil som water and soak the end of the tube into the hot water. The heat makes the tubes more soft and flexable so you can force them into the barb a little easier. Otherwise you just have to use brute froce and muscle.
I used to boil som water and soak the end of the tube into the hot water. The heat makes the tubes more soft and flexable so you can force them into the barb a little easier. Otherwise you just have to use brute froce and muscle.
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- Jan 14, 2003
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- Parma, OH
I use antifreeze to lube the barbs.
You are going to flush it out anyway once you get it all together. And most of that light coat is going to stay between the hose and barb anyway. I take my finger and just get a bit of dishwashing liquid on it and just swipe it onto the barb and with my pinkie in the end of the tube. Just a very light coating is needed.
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- Apr 27, 2006
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- Phoenix, AZ USA
Water based "personal" lubricants such as Wet, KY, or Astroglide should all work fine for slipping a tube over a very tight barb (like 7/16 tubing). I had to go get some Wet from Walgreens and use it on my Alphacool reservoir. The barbs are VERY closely spaced and it was almost impossible to get the hose clamps over the hoses and barbs with the tubes over the barbs. The in/out tubes were so close I could barely squeeze in the hose clamps. The Wet stuff let me slip them in fairly easily and they won't harm your tubing. Yes it works. 
Cathar even suggested the same.
Cathar even suggested the same.
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Boiling them in distilled water is pretty much the only way to insure nothing gets in your loop plus it works damn well too.
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- Dec 14, 2006
after boiling it all you need is a little bit of brute force.... if you cant fit a 7/16 onto a 1/2" barb you must be p i s week
