Air Hose Repair?

I repaired 1 but not that close to the factory end , a hydraulic hose shop can fix it Napa

 

I"ve had success with just cutting them and using the ones with the barbed end and then using a hose clamp.

 

Done that a million times.

 

I buy the 100' or 50' hoses. I cut them to whatever size I like then get the PEX fittings and the crimp ring that looks like a CV boot. I have the tool, so I use it for that too. No issues. Othere than that a hose clamp and a barb works the same.

 

if you use a clamp, wrap it in electrical tape or the tail on the clamp will gaff your hand, or not depending on how you hold your hose...

 

Thanks for that info, I never saw one like that before.

The hose clamp fix hangs up everywhere. Could use it for a grappling hook.

 

Last one I repaired I used one of these clamps. It's been over a year and it is holding up.

PowerGrip® SB Clamps | Gates Corporation

 

It appears the wear is at the working end where you attach the various tools. To prevent this use a whip. A 12"-24" piece of hose that takes the stresses of use. Then just replace the short whip when it's worn.

 

I use a torch repair kit to fix mine, they come with barbed fittings brass furls and a setting tool you hit with a hammer to shrink it, no hose clamps to scratch you or what you are working on. They sell them at welding shops. We had them in the gang box on the job all the time in case we broke a torch hose.

 

Focker, ranch and home on Columbia center blvd has a the best selection of Milton brand air fittings that I've found in the ticities if you go this route

 

At my work we have to repair these hose ends all the time. We have a special crimper tool and these factory style sleeves that get crimped on we buy from Napa I think. At least at work, once we cut off that factory crimp sleeve you have parralel to the hose just deep enough to cut the sleeve. It's basically just a slimmer version of a hose clamp. Under that is a normal barbed fitting already.

I'd say just slice that sleeve off of your hose, cut off like 1 foot off your hose or whatever you need to get to a good spot. Then put on a normal hose clamp back on. Only thing you will have to supply is the hose clamp. Everything else is already there.

Then if I were you, at home Depot or tricity battery you can buy really thick heavy duty heat shrink tubing made for battery cables that would work great for covering the clamp or you could just tape it

 

Know-How Notes: How to Repair An Air Hose

 

Using a crimped ferrule will certainly be a cleaner repair than hose clamps, which always catch on everything.

The trick would be to think up a quick and dirty "home" crimper.