Try a small piece of "bailing wire" and wire-tie-twist the tube onto the nipple to prevent it from coming off.
Super VXer
Try a small piece of "bailing wire" and wire-tie-twist the tube onto the nipple to prevent it from coming off.
Super VXer
which is what is made for thisOriginally Posted by Riff Raff
Try a small piece of "bailing wire" and wire-tie-twist the tube onto the nipple to prevent it from coming off.
Super VXer
The tube is almost impossible to get to just to put it back in place, so getting in there with a clamp or twist-tie is going to be really difficult. Even with the reservoir out of the VX I don't think that the tube is long enough to pull it to a more spacious area to do the clamp.
Guess I'll have to get inventive, or grow a second elbow so I can get my arm contorted in there.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
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Get thee to the nearest purveyor of all that is hardware, & ask to be taken to their bountiful selection of clear vinyl tubing of the correct inner diameter...
Buy 4-6 ft. (it's usually less than a buck a foot), remove the reservoir, & replace it all with new, all the way to the squirters, or just to the "Y" fitting, if you're in a hurry...(Bring a sample in with you)
Taping the end of the new tubing, to the end of the old tubing, then pulling it through, may work for getting it through the tighter areas easily.
Leave enough extra at the tank end, to make attachment easy, & coil the excess length up underneath, or between the tank & fender, when reinstalling.
Careful with the hose clamp, so you don't crush your nipple...
Last edited by Ldub : 08/21/2009 at 01:12 AM
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Ouch!!!Careful with the hose clamp, so you don't crush your nipple...
That would hurt, and mine are very sensitive.
PK
Now that food has replaced sex in my life -
I can't even get into my own pants!!
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Ouch!!!
That would hurt, and mine are very sensitive.
PK
In that case, stay away from hose clamps...
Or better yet, ANY type of clamps should be given a wide berth...
Super VXer
MSHardeman,
In answer to your first question. Yup ... it's happened to me (twice) & Yup ... it's a real beeeotch to get back on. I don't know what I did different the second time but it seems to be holding now (prolly just jinxed myself).
One alternative to Ldub's approach is to disconnect it at the Y and pull a cupla inches of tubing back towards the reservoir to give you some slack to work with. When done, just pull the slack back to the Y and connect.
If your nipple is too sensitive to the hose clamp thang, try a zip tie. You should be able to pull it tight enough for a firm grip without causing damage.
Tom
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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