MIKALOR HOSE CLAMPS

[Dooie Pop Pop]

Am fed up with jubilee clips that open out after you tighten em up a few times and worse chew the hose up with the little grooves :x (is this too tight for a boost hose?)

went to a local pipe fitters/supplies and got some mikalor hose clamps. dont doubt you' ve all seen and use em already :roll: six 79-85mm clamps in stainless with a nickle coated bolt £12+vat about £14. they only had five left of that type in stock so i had to make do with the next type which is all stainless inc bolt and a little bit dearer (his words, they charged me the same )

my point? well i had a certain catalogue come through my door the other day (lid and boots on front sounds like seman squeeks) page 254

price each £3:29 before vat :shock: and the all stainless( which i assume is the 'marine' grade described)@ £8:93 +vat :shock:
they' re rated at 28bar

they do all sorts of interesting stuff including silicon hoses showd me some for water but not sure about boost applications though

company' s called www.leighbaxter.co.uk
no pics, cameras down. xp strikes again

oh yeah and semans now charging £21.21+vat for a denso iridium plug (not inc shipping too) did inflation shift whilst i slept? or a world iridium shortage maybe :roll:

 

[Tony]

Dont bother m8 i had these on all of my pipes and ended up taking them off because you have to tighten them up much tighter for them to seal properly!!!!! still got 1 on my water pipe and it leaks all the time!!!!

I only paid about 3quid for the largest 1 to go round the plenum pipe!!!!



Tony....

 

[JU5TY]

Ive got the SupraPro ones.

79-85mm... What bore is your pipe run?

Mine is 2.5" bore with the samco on top. The size I bought was wrong...

 

[Jonno]

I have to say that I think that the Mikalor ones are the daddy, got 'em on my boost hoses and they are proper 8)

 

[Dooie Pop Pop]

Ive got the SupraPro ones.

79-85mm... What bore is your pipe run?

Mine is 2.5" bore with the samco on top. The size I bought was wrong...

numpty numpty numpty shitarsebugger! feck it i wanted to go back anyway :roll:

 

[JU5TY]

Ay? :?

Is your hosing 63mm?

I bought 63-68mm clamps which are to small.

Looking at this site:
http://www.ecsmith.com/marine-equipment/mikalor-hose-clip-item-36650.html
Says for 63mm hosing you need 73-79mm clamps.

Its hard when you dont have each clamp to test on the pipe. Is 79-85mm a good fit? (assuming you have 63mm hose?)

 

[Dooie Pop Pop]

ventured out and got a bit of hardpipe :shock: no its not :evil: :x if i tighten em right up i could see a slight gap just off to one side of the clasp,
i thought the 73-79 would be too small cos my samaco' s have got a wall thickness of at least 6 maybe 7 mm. teach me shop on a whim and not wait till i had the pipe :x

 

[Dooie Pop Pop]

just found that the marine one' s a 74-79 its still a bit big reckon the 68-73 is the one to go for mate. aint got a tape measure but im 99% sure my pipeworks 2.5" too

 

[Nad]

There is better out there than Mikalor.

http://www.fluidcontrol.net/pages/connectors.html

Not as cheap but then depends what ur after. A lot faster in use for maintenance as well. Only welding is stronger...

 

[KevShek]

take out a remortgage and go PiThon! You know you wanna.
http://www.pi-thon.com/products.htm

 

[Nad]

take out a remortgage and go PiThon! You know you wanna.
http://www.pi-thon.com/products.htm

Thing is on their site there is no specifications on them at all. Also they look like they are a rigid fit and allow no float?? Doesnt say how easy they are to get on or off and the pics show no detail.....