Dear Mr. Oetiker

Shonuff

I've got the glow
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Memphis
I blame myself for being sucked into the allure of your clamps. The polished and purposeful look they bring to an engine is wonderful.

That being said, you need to put a disclaimer on your bag of clamps that reads:

WARNING: Do not use these types of clamps if you EVER plan on removing them without blood and profanity.
 

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vitaly

Анархия - мать порядка!
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NY/NJ
WARNING: Do not use these types of clamps if you EVER plan on removing them without blood and profanity.
Brutal.


Next time spill not your blood, but the sellers. That's what Shonuff must do.
 

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I blame myself for being sucked into the allure of your clamps. The polished and purposeful look they bring to an engine is wonderful.

That being said, you need to put a disclaimer on your bag of clamps that reads:

WARNING: Do not use these types of clamps if you EVER plan on removing them without blood and profanity.

Use the pinch tool that you installed them with, to remove them. Pinch the "ear" 90* to the pinch point, and twist back & forth until it breaks.

Oetiker makes the BEST coupler ends for shop air hoses. The 1/4" FIP coupler end is about $16.00, and 100X better than the standard style, that leak air after about a week (with no replaceable gasket/seal).
 

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OCD Solutions

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Rentz, GA
I was going to use them everywhere on my new build but even if you have to remove something one or twice a year it makes it just that much more difficult and expensive so I'm only doing the few hard points that don't need to come apart like in my fuel tank on my clunks and the "T" in my water lines.
 

WFO Speedracer

A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
Location
Alabama
Good ole hose clamps are way too expensive for cheap ass OEMs. A lot of hose clamps will unscrew under engine vibration. Hard to beat a big nylon zip-tie.

Nylon zip ties will come loose also and are the cause for the destruction of many a Yamaha couch motor when the oil line pops off, the Oetiker clamps simply will not come loose, working on Seadoos I have been dealing with them for years, I use them everywhere except on the fuel lines , there I use stainless steel worm drive clamps.BTW a regular $10.00 pair of end nippers can be easily modified to put on and remove the one time usage clamps, I have the special tool for the reusable type, its just a pair of CV clamp pliers available from most car places.
 
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WFO Speedracer

A lifetime ban is like a lifetime warranty !
Location
Alabama
Just take a cutting disc on a dremel or a death wheel on an arbor and cut a notch in it, doesn't require a pic really.
 

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I have a small klein flat blade driver that I filed down to fit pilot jets that slides into the crimped tab perfectly. Wiggle it side to side and it loosens the crimps up enough to slide them off and reuse them.
 
Just take a cutting disc on a dremel or a death wheel on an arbor and cut a notch in it, doesn't require a pic really.

I'm a visual person and I can't picture how you would make / use such a device... :pancake: pics please!

I have a small klein flat blade driver that I filed down to fit pilot jets that slides into the crimped tab perfectly. Wiggle it side to side and it loosens the crimps up enough to slide them off and reuse them.

Thats basically what I have been doin...
 
still sounds easier to retighten hose clamps as needed.
what's next,AN fittings for the fancy pants?
 
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