dont forget to heat the end of the BARB in boiling water too. if you heat just the hose, the second you make contact with a cold barb it just starts cooling the hose down. heat both and you should be ok.
+1. and a small screwdriver also helps. jam that in then the pliers.Heat the end of the hose in boiling water > stick hose over the end of needle-nose pliers > stretch hose by opening pliers > reheat hose in boiling water > repeat as necessary > push hose onto barb > apply hose clamp. Works for me.
umm boiling water would have done the trick. all youve done is weakened the structural integrity of the line. make sure your clamps are on well and dont cut into the line.thanks for the help guys
it turned out the hose was too thick for the hot water to have much of a effect, so i got creative and stuck the drill down the hose and thinned it out, actually worked perfectly!
I have a similar question, my font has the 4ml line but its only very short, so i will need to connect another line to it.. can i get a joiner to attach another line? if so can someone please point me in the right direction?
Cheers,
Greeno
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