Originally Posted By DAYCLONA
Originally Posted By moparx
from what i hear, and have observed on my buddy's 72 duster, the reproduction clamps, coupled with the thinner wall section hoses, don't clamp tight enough. i "think" the solution is to peruse the grainger catalog for the correct size "range" of these clamps for your application. thoughts on this ?
beer



McMaster Carr has a better selection and quality, and the plating is identical to OEM

This is the only route to go if using "newer" hoses as you stated the hose OD is slightly smaller than OEM....and the current offering of Corbin clamps are for once spot on repros, unfortunately the hose mfg's have decreased the wall thickness of repro and aftermarket hoses, generally the upper/lower rad hoses are the ones affected....

FYI...and trying to "shrink" the OD of a Corbin clamp to increase the tension only results in "egging" the clamp, and it will still leak/fail...so purchase the right size clamp for proper fit...


mcmaster carr was what i was thinking about, not grainger. thanks for setting it straight ! and you are spot on about trying to "shrink" those clamps. my buddy tried that after i told him what would happen, and he was "rewarded" with a fuel leak at the filter. a fuel injection style clamp later solved that issue. the odd thing about my buddy is, his cars are slightly modified, yet he wants to stick with factory "known issues" using some of the repro parts available today. just an example, under the hood his cars look like a very nice stock style, detailed setup. then you notice the ribbed plastic, GM wiring loom crap...... oh well, it's his car after all. if he is happy, that's all that counts.
beer