View Poll Results: What type of hose clamp do you prefer?

Crimp

7.50%

Spring

10.00%

Screw

75.00%

Other

7.50%

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Poll: Hose clamp types

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Jan 26, 2014 | 10:45 PM

#11

ynots

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From: Southern Oregon

Quote:

Originally Posted by deadman77

As a Parts guy, I would vote for the correct ones.

You mean the cheap ones they use to keep assembly time and costs down?
I like the stainless screw type

Jan 27, 2014 | 10:04 AM

#12

Very High Plain Drifter

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From: North London, UK

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pistonman1

Bad thing about screw clamps, they easily bite into the hose.
If you get the clamps for silicone hoses, they do not have the open gear and won't damage the hose.

What kind of clamps are you using? In the UK, screw clamps are called "Jubilee Clips" (no idea why) and the strap part of the clamp passes underneath the screw, between it and whatever it is you/re clamping. No damage possible from the screw itself.

And it's a British invention!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilee_Clip

Jan 27, 2014 | 10:13 AM

#13

Sharkman73

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From: SE Illinois

Regardless of the type of clamp I have to remove on anything, it gets replaced with a stainless screw clamp going back together.
Crimp clamps are a PITA, and I don't think spring clamps provide enough force on a hose to keep them secure, especially on a pressurized system of any kind.

Jan 27, 2014 | 10:15 AM

#14

Jackie Paper

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From: Honah Lee

The old stand by screw type was made for heavy duty cast iron casting and thick hoses. The modern thin wall aluminum and plastic castings and thinner hoses work much better with the spring type. When you use the generic SS clamp type, you usually end up going back and retighten it over a period of time. The spring type just keep getting tighter as the hose gives way. Usually on second applications, I spread a thin film (so thin, you can see thru it) of RTV silicon on the fitting before I slide hose on. Do not film the inner hose. If any bead is rolled up, you want it to go to the outside.

Last edited by Jackie Paper; Jan 27, 2014 at 10:18 AM.