repairing air hoses - without hose clamps..

[TheBanjoman]

I've have 2 fairly new air hoses that I have stupidly nicked the rubber hose and they leak air. One has a hole within 5 feet of the end and the other is somewhere in the middle.

I'd like to repair them instead of trashing them and buying new.

Who makes a decent fitting where I could shorten the one hose and possibly fix the other WITHOUT using those barbed fittings that require a screw on hose clamp. I hate using hose clamps as they loosen and you always end up with a piece of the clamp hanging out to catch on things when your trying to move the hose around.

Does someone make a fitting that screws on, inline, like those power steering fittings you get from PSC motorsports?

I've done a search and can find little info on hose repair.

I'll see what Lowes or Home Depot has when I go there later today but thought someone may have a decent solution.

[DRM]

Air hoses are pretty cheap, so I personally don't think it's worth the trouble or expense - but I would guess any place that makes hoses could do a permanent fitting on the end. Me, I'd just buy a new hose or deal with the clamps.

[MigMiester]

Airgas has crimp-on hose ends in any size you need

[frankenfab]

Ear clamps are the best you can DIY. You crimp the ears with special pliers. I have CAREFULLY crimped them with dykes before I got the correct tool.

[6869704x4]

I bought some repair setups from my local Mom&Pop auto parts store. They were in the section with the air couplers. Its brass, has two pieces that tread into each other with the hose in between. It works well and needs no clamps.

[chris408]

I bought some repair setups from my local Mom&Pop auto parts store. They were in the section with the air couplers. Its brass, has two pieces that tread into each other with the hose in between. It works well and needs no clamps.


like this

http://www.fittingsandadapters.com/hosemender.html


they work well, many of the hoses at my work site have those, much better than the barbed/hose clamp bs. :smokin:

[78bronco460]

I use these:
http://www.fittingsandadapters.com/pushonunion.html

[keenavv]

I've been using HF $6 per 25' hoses for years and never had a leak I didn't cause. Same with the 25' $4 coil hose.
Watch for sales!!!

[Wicked_S10]

What you need are pushlock fittings, they are supposed to be used in pushlock hose, but they are holding up fine in my rubber air hose. They will not hold at all in the vinyl hose, you are SOL if that is what you have, the orange or other bright colored hose. Most hydro shops have them, and I also bought a couple at lowes or home depot, I can not remember which.

[Brian1]

What you need are pushlock fittings, they are supposed to be used in pushlock hose, but they are holding up fine in my rubber air hose. They will not hold at all in the vinyl hose, you are SOL if that is what you have, the orange or other bright colored hose. Most hydro shops have them, and I also bought a couple at lowes or home depot, I can not remember which.

x2

Thats what my primary air hoses have. One end started dry rotting so I cut off the bad section and then re-used the push-lok fitting, good as new.

[stunnin650]

if its a small nick in the hose bend it open and a couple drops of super glue will seal it up i rap it with a little tape to works good

[nissancrawler]

yikes

[DRM]

I've been using HF $6 per 25' hoses for years and never had a leak I didn't cause. Same with the 25' $4 coil hose.
Watch for sales!!!

That's what I am saying... hoses are CHEAP... why spend the time to repair them? And if you do repair them, just retire the repaired one to emergency use or as an extension - and then the cheap hose clamps and barbs are not a daily issue for you.

[Wicked_S10]

Yeah, but those cheap vinyl hoses from HF are such a pain in the ass to work with if it gets cold. Here in Mi, where it hovers around 0 degrees every winter, you unroll a vinyl hose that has been coiled in the cold and you hve one ginormous slinky. I switched to rubber hoses, which cost about $30-$40 a piece and they work well no matter what the weather is like...

Later,
Jason

[6869704x4]

I was talking about these. Around three or four dollars