JIC 37 degree seals

[BlacknTan]

Has anyone ever seen, heard of, or used these products on your JIC connections??

Looks like an excellent idea..

Hydraulic Fitting Leaks

flaretite > the only hydraulic seal solution

 

[kennyd]

The hydraulic shop I go to has them, but I have never used them. And by the look of the dust on the packages not many people who go there use them either.

I have used allot of the JIC fittings and have not had a leak yet. Maybe if you had a fitting that got connected and disconnected frequently, they may be of value as the sealing surfaces of the fittings would get scored over time.

 

[MJPetersen]

The 37 degree fittings are for aircraft hydraulics. that is why the dust on the packages. They did not want people to mix aircraft and standard run-of-the-mill hardware so they made a special (read expensive) fitting just for airplanes. They will work the same just will not be compatible with most. I suppose that if you had a good supply of the aluminum fittings that you could be consistent , but connecting hoses and everything--I am sure the end result would be more.

They may have other applications too, but that is all that you are supposed to use in aircraft--at least that is what they taught when I got my A&P.

Mike in Warsaw