Thread: Wide hose clamps

Nope a wider clamp puts less pressure on thebhise.

I would have thought a mikalor would out pressure a screw type clamp any day of the week

I noticed the other day that most of the teams in MotoGP use wire hose clamps. Are they better?

Jeff

Originally Posted by Jeff

I noticed the other day that most of the teams in MotoGP use wire hose clamps. Are they better?

Jeff

Maybe more pressure through less area??

Marine use cable ties??

maybe quicker to remove.
in my game, a maker of aircraft engines with a formula 1 production background uses two normal hose clamps on most hoses, and never the hose clamps that have the thread cut through the clamp.


pedro, if you can, use two clamps until you fit the new bit.

You need a new hose.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

I just had the thermostat changed and it looks like the top hose has split a layer where the edge of the clamp sits.

Undo clamp .. Cut 20mm? off end of hose .. Clean thermostat housing ... wipe some Holimar 3 around the housing ... install hose and reposition original clamp on a fresh area of the hose.

Cheers
Mike

Thibknof the clanpnas working like tyre pressure.

The thin wire clamps. Provide better sealing compression, the thick hose clamps provide more pressure oveallthe bolt upnjobbies like those pictures can deliver so Mich pressure that they crush the alloy or plastic housing ontonwhich you are trying to clamp.

The downside to this is the wire clamps can cut into the hose fracturing the laminations. The thick ones may not put enough point compression onto the rubber to cause it to seal correctly.