The other weekend I finished flushing the cooling system, filled with fleetguard AF, and a new T state.
And the band clamps came to mind, wish I had some new ones..
Does anyone have a good source for the band clamps for the cooling system hoses?
Do I need to just deal with the dealer , bend over and take their pricing?
I like the idea of the band clamps that are OE, but now going on to 10 years, I'm a bit afraid of not having back ups. I've had them on and off a few times for all sorts of reasons, including changing/flushing the radiator over the years.
While we're talking about the band clamps.
I found a few tools that make it soo much easier to work with them on the hard to reach spots.
I'm using the pix from the website of the place I bought them, so I'll also supply the links to the page they're on , on their site. The place is
thetoolwarehouse . net . I don't want to sound like a commercial, but do want to give them credit, since I'm pulling the pix from their site. I do buy from them a couple of times a year. Quick delivery and fair pricing.
They have some funky terms of sales below 50 bucks and if your not using a CC... so read the fine prints at check out.
My orders are always over 100bucks, and I use a CC, never had a problem.
For the easy stuff I use the basic big special pliers like these, I have the bigger straight ones, and these slightly smaller 45deg ones. But still had a hard time getting to the lower ones.
Can get them here...
K-D Tools 3454 Angled Hose Clamp Pliers Order#*KD 3454 www.TheToolWarehouse.Net
I bought this... which works a bit better, get into some tighter spots. But releasing is not has easy as I thought. Some times the clamp winds up not where I planned. But it will get into every spot to get the clamps off.
Get it here...
Astro Pneumatic 9409 Long Reach Flexible Hose Clamp Pliers Order#*AP 9409 www.TheToolWarehouse.Net
There on sale now.
There's a few different brands of them on their site, I bought the one above, I'm a shadetree mechanic, so I know it's not a top brand, but it seems made well enough for my occasional use. Just search for "hose clamp" on their site, and every tool made to deal with a hose clamp comes up, and more.
This little GEM is the real find.
But if your taking the hose off, it's stays on the clamp till you put the clamp back on and release it. The pix doesn't show it, but it has a square 1/4 drive female in the knob. You can tweak it on to where you need it with the knob with your fingers, and use the drive to get it to compress the clamp. And it makes the job of position the clamp the easiest out of them all. You can slowly release the clamp, get just enough tension to get the clamp where you want it, then release it all the way. After using it, I just ordered two more.
can get it here..
Lisle 44480 Hose Clamp Vise 3-5/8" Long and Opens to 2-1/8" Order#*LIS44480 www.TheToolWarehouse.Net
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