Hose Clamp Pliers Basics - vital when working on fuel and fluid lines

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @icemancometh8679
    @icemancometh8679 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I tried to use a pair of these orange ones to pinch off the hoses to my heater core and I couldn't get them to pinch down tight enough - is there anything I can do to make them work better like put pieces of hose on the pliers and then pinch the hose with the pliers or something like that?

    • @JustToolBasics
      @JustToolBasics  3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If the hose to your heater core is a bit thicker-walled, this is one of those cases where the metal kind might provide that additional clamping force. But if the issue is that the hose walls are too *thin* (and therefore the jaws just don't come close enough together), I'd definitely try what you're suggesting (I think) -- slip something over the jaws to make them clamp tighter together. Or, again, the metal kind can clamp to all-the-way flat.

    • @icemancometh8679
      @icemancometh8679 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JustToolBasics I like the looks of your metal ones I just didn't know what they were. Now I know what they look like. My poor car doesn't have a heater or air conditioner I either bake or freeze. They told me my heater core is hot on the bottom but I don't have any heat coming out ( I flushed it and it didn't make any difference) I have a 1989 Pontiac Grand Am and I have the underneath dash all torn out to where you can see the heater core. I thought the blower fan would blow air through it but it doesn't, it seems to come out by these two air conditioner metal lines? My poor air conditioner has a leak somewhere in the system so there you go.