Stainless Stell hose clamps

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matt2364

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• Jan 2, 2003

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has anyone else here used the stainless steal hose clamps and found them nearly impossible to close, I opened one and cannot get the blasted thing back together.....grrr......does anyone have any tips on how to close these stupid things......

 

The Spyder

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• Jan 2, 2003

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HAHAHA~ i use those~ you just need to try and feed it back in~

 

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• Jan 2, 2003

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they are tricky he is right u gotta put it in like a dollar in a pop machine but turn the screw to tighten as u do it ill tell u what though those things are reliable...

 

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• Jan 4, 2003

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...you're not supposed to open them all the way...be honest, you forgot to put this one on when assembling?!

 

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• Jan 4, 2003

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no moonchild have no got all of the parts, just playin with the stuff...But I went to home depot and bout some larger ones, and they work great...

 

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• Jan 5, 2003

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see these things rock i have a peice of silicone tubing with threading on it now for those(cause i have it on a copper cap block really really really really really tight)

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