Can't get a hose to come off

[woodlandfarms]

I have a 3/4" hose in a tight spot. It is hard to get anything more than a normal wrench on it. It sources from an aluminum block, into a fitting that has an o-ring The fitting then connects to the hose, the hose has a JIC to make it all happen.

Well the hose won't break free. I have tried nothing more than manual labor.

Anyone have any tricks? I was pondering hitting it with a smalll torch but the o ring, oil and the fact I do not want to ruin this hose are all playing into my angst.

thanks in advance.

Carl

 

[ray66v]

I am trying with difficulty, to visualize you situation, How about a crow's foot on an extension long enough to get a nice long wrachet on it?

 

[mechanic]

If a small wrench will fit how about channel locks? You have to put a twist on the hose to break it loose. I would not use a torch. Pulling will break the cords inside the hose. Twist and pull .

 

[woodlandfarms]

Here is a very blury pic. The hose in question is coming of the aluminum cube. Actually it is under the small hose on the right (I can remove the other hoses). But it does not want to come off. I do not want to wreck the hose but I may just.

I was using a crows foot but not with an extension. Things are so tight in there... But I will give it a try.

 

[ray66v]

If you can use a long extension, and you can get in the clear with the wrachet, or a breaker bar. It might give up. Otherwise you may have to remove the obstructions, or the block. Good luck.

 

[Wayne County Hose]

Carl, sometimes the easiest way takes the most work. Remove the hoses in your way. Put the longest wrench you have on it. Wack the wrench with a hammer. You want to hit it quick and sharp. It also may be easier and cause less damage to remove the other end of the hose first. Now, unscrew the fitting, with the hose attached, from the aluminum manifold.
Don't look for the easy way, there isn't one. Get all that other junk out of the way and give yourself some room to work.

 

[biggerten]

Maybe a basin wrench used to reach up behind sinks?

 

[john_bud]

"Don't look for the easy way, there isn't one"


Good one!



I would get a heat gun and warm up the aluminum. It expands a lot so it will get bigger and loosen its grip some.

jb

 

[montanaman]

Don't look for the easy way, there isn't one. Get all that other junk out of the way and give yourself some room to work.

There is a lot of truth to this! If it is a job that you will be doing often, then it may be worth finding a few tricks to save time, but otherwise, spend the time to make it as easy as you can!!

I worked at a rental car place and at least once a week, I would get a car in that a customer locked the keys in and the tow truck driver would knock the lock rod out of place with the slim jim tool. I got to the point where I would never have to take a door panel off to do this repair. I would drop a small 12 volt marker light bulb down into the door and use specially bent car antennas that I made to line everything up and a long thin screwdriver to pop the retainer clip into place. If this was a job I only had to do one time, I would have NEVER bothered coming up with a better and faster way to do it but because I did it all the time, I could have the car back out in the rental fleet before the door panel could have been removed!

I say just spend the time to get everything out of your way because it may save you time and money in the long run. And don't forget that once it is done, you will have found at least two ways to do it that would have been easier!!

Ken

 

[skidsteer.ca]

Anyone have any tricks? I was pondering hitting it with a smalll torch but the o ring, oil and the fact I do not want to ruin this hose are all playing into my angst.

thanks in advance.

Carl

Hit it yes but not with a torch.
Put something about the weight of the hammer you plan to use behind the jic nut for a dolly and strike it opposite the dolly with a hammer to flex the female hose end nut.
This will dramatically reduce the amount of torque to break the nut loose.
I have used this on # 12 16 and 20 jics that I could not pull hard enough to break loose

Also sometimes you have to cut a wrench off to get in a tight spot, then pry or pound (use reason and judgement here) on the shortend end of it
Ken