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Re: [ST] Tank quick disconnect failure
- Subject: Re: [ST] Tank quick disconnect failure
- From: John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 08:38:24 -0700 (PDT)
Why is everything getting posted 2 or 3 times ? or is
it just me ?
--- Zoltan Pavlakovich <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
>
> > Actually I think it's been inserted and extracted
> too many times. It is a
> > tight fit and not much room once connected. There
> seems to be alot of
> > stress/tension at the mating end. If I have to
> replace the female side
> > this time, I'm going to give a bit more hose slack
> to release the tension.
> >
>
> That is exactly my theory! The hose is too long and
> puts unnecessary lateral
> stress on the female part of the connector. I
> examined the broken part and
> that's where the part started cracking. I think
> shortening the line by 1/2
> inch will solve the problem.
>
> Zoltan
>
>
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