> If they look good, reuse them. As long as you haven't taken a torch to > them they shouldn't have lost any of their springiness.
Agreed. When I redid all my hoses, about half of the originally spring-clamped hoses had been replaced by the PO's with nasty hose-cutter wormy screw clamps so I had to order a whole mess of new ones. I was not able to discerne any qualitative difference between the 15 year old factory originals and the brand new ones. Given their construction, I think the spring clamps woud probably outlive just about every other part on the vehicle. I have one of the craftsman spring clamp pliers that is cable operated. > It sure does make getting into "impossible" areas go smoothly.
Agreed here as well! If you have more than a couple clamps to mess with, get one of these cable operated spring clamp pliers. You will not be sorry. If you stick with vise-grips and channel lock pliers, you will curse the day you were born. -- John Bange '90 Vanagon - "Geldsauger" |
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