Need tool to put tubing on nipple

ponytug · Aug 27, 2021

How about a blow dryer or heat gun to warm the tubing?

If you got it over three barbs, I would be inclined to put a hose clamp on it and call it done for something that isn't under high pressure and not in continuous use. Just me; I try to pick my battles.

All the best,

Peter

RSKY · Aug 27, 2021

bdhsfz6 said:
As long as it won't cause a contamination problem, try a little brake fluid. It works wonders for me.

I will try that next time.

Thanks

RSKY

RSKY · Aug 27, 2021

ponytug said:
How about a blow dryer or heat gun to warm the tubing?

If you got it over three barbs, I would be inclined to put a hose clamp on it and call it done for something that isn't under high pressure and not in continuous use. Just me; I try to pick my battles.

All the best,

Peter

I only got it over one of the three. and it held on the 40 psi sprayer. Until the whole thing quit.

RSKY

MossRoad · Aug 28, 2021

RSKY said:
The mechanics at a factory I worked at had a tool they used to put rubber hose/tubing on a nipple. It looked like a set of pliers with clamps on the jaws. I needed one today to repair a leak on a 12-volt sprayer. Worked on it an hour and finally got hose on to where I could clamp it. Sprayed 1/8 of what I intended and pump quit. AARRRGGGGHHHHH......

I need one of these once every five years but I would have paid $50+ for it today. Cannot find one online and I know I just don't have the right name in the search.

Thanks.

RSKY

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JPRambo · Aug 28, 2021

Depending on the size of the hose, I use a pair of needle nose pliers inserted into the hose and spread the handles to streatch the hose and then quickly slid on the fitting.

ponytug · Aug 28, 2021

Could they have been using some version a PEX expander?

Amazon.com : pex expander

Available for 3/8" tubing and up, but designed to expand the collar around the tub, not the tubing itself.

or this copper tubing expander? Copper Pipe Tube Expander Hand Expanding Tool Universal Hand Refrigeration Tools Copper Pipe Swaging Tool Tube Expander 1/4-inch 5/16-inch 3/8-inch 1/2-inch 5/8-inch 3/4-inch 7/8-inch - - Amazon.com

All the best,

Peter

oosik · Sep 9, 2021

Like the stranger told her husband - "your wife ran off with the plumber to get her nipples rethreaded".

LittleBill21 · Sep 9, 2021

i use a heat gun to get tubes pliable. this is a variable temp one, I just got it, has a high and low as well. works pretty good, and will melt your skin off if you need it too. also comes with attachments to melt heat shrink etc.

Heat Gun