How
To Assemble Stainless Steel Hose Ends:
Required
Tools:
1. A Vice
2. Properly Sized Wrenches, and string tape.
3. A grinder with cut-off wheel
4. Dykes
4. String Tape
Building
The Hose:
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To
cut braided stainless steel hose, tightly wrap the end you wish to cut
with string tape. |
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Using
a cut-off wheel slowly slice through the center of the tape. If you cut
to fast the wheel will kick causing the end to fray. Use the dykes to
cut off any stray wires. |
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You
should now have an end that looks like this. |
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Take
your hose end and jam it horizontally in your vise. |
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Use
your fingers to squeeze the flaired braid of the hose and put the hose
into the flaired end of the fitting, bottom first. |
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Use
your thumbs to push the remaining fray into the fitting. Once all the
fray is in, push and turn(screw) the hose into the fitting. |
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Stop
pushing when the once the hose is within an 1/8 inch of the threads. |
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Flip
the hose and fitting vertical. |
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Wet
the tapered end of the insert with oil, and thread it into the fitting.
Make sure it doesn't push the hose out. |
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You
have now assembled your first hose end. Only five more to go. |