Anyone put on AN fittings without a vise ?If so how bad was it ?
they even made padded vise inserts for em
i did a few free hand.... but had to use the vise to finish em.....
pita
You'll need a friend with strong hands and some leather gloves. I hate putting those things together. Not worth it IMHO.
oh yes!
nitrile dont even count as gloves LOL was picking strands out of my hands for a while
I did mine without a vice.
I used 2 huge ass wrenches to tighten them.
I tape the end with masking tape and cut them with a chop saw for nice square ends, I get the nut over the masking tape, then remove the masking tape, install the ferrel and then lubricate the end of the hose and the hose end and push it until seated then tighten up the nut.
Mine are not really AN. Mine are steel 37 degree JIC fittings (think hydraulic hose).
I found the larger the line, the easier they are to install.
It is easiest to take them to the hydraulic hose shop and have them swedge the fittings on.
did mine by hand too... and by wrench....
I thought the -16s were easier than the -12s Still have the final two to do, need to put the motor in to finish those right.
took me a long time to have enough ass to do them all... many saturdays
Use the wrenchs that are made for them, less marks when your done. Put a little lube on the threads and inside the hose, it will go together a lot easier. I use model paint for touch up.
I used push lock an fittings and blue line hose, no SS wrap to fray, or stick in you fingers.
A nice heavy duty metal shears works great, clean cut no debris, I have used hacksaws and cutoff wheels I have found the best so far is the shears.
Try using a Dremel tool with a cutoff wheel. I wrap it with one layer of masking tape, draw a straight line and go. Works really well with no fraying. I've used it for -6 through -16 hoses.
Using dremels, cutoff wheels, hacksaws to cut braided line is old school. We have been using cutters like these for a few years now and they really streamline building AN hoses
One snip with these done, not having to clean out the hose like after using a cutoff wheel priceless!!
Using AN wrenches to intall the fitting is a pia, you dont have enough leverage. We us big box wrenchs. The alu AN wrenches are good for installing the assembled hoses.
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