| Re: Removing hose fittings
I've just finished some winter maintenance and found this thread very useful. However, I have a few personal observations to add.
I was lucky in that all my hose fittings came off relatively easily, my problem has always been tightening them up when put back together. In the past I have used a cable tie to hold the two split rings together until the nut is almost there, remove the cable tie and hope the hose doesn't start turning.
After reading some of the comments above, and using a little imagination, I created my "string and chair" method.
Take a piece of thinish string and put a small loop in one end. Tie the other end to a chair arm, or some other fixed point. ( I was doing this at the dining table sitting in a chair)
Through foot the string so that you have a noose, and then loop this over the spilt rings on the smooth bit above the threads.
You can now tighten the loop by pulling the hose away from the chair, which holds the split rings nice and tight whilst you tighten the nut. When you lose sight of the threads you can remove the string and (normally) the nut will tighten the last few turns without turning the hose. I'm not sure if it will help take them apart next time, but I put a little silicon grease on the threads before rebuilding.
Overall this was much more efficient than my original method and didn't involve having to pry tight cable ties off.
I have packed my bit of string in my tool box!
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David |