Hey Guys,
I'm in the midst of replacing the soft lines to my rear heater, the four sections about 6" long each which sit behind the heat shields above the exhaust. Uhhh...this job sucks.
I'm using Gates 1/2" Green Stripe. Getting the two pieces of hose to slip over the rear most two brass nipples which are embedded in the the truck above the exhaust is extremely difficult! I've used a little lube (yes, sex lube, it's water soluble) and small amounts of Sil-Glyde on the outside of the brass pieces, but the hoses just want to bend and not get on as far as the white painted index lines. I'm assuming I'm supposed to cover those white lines because the original hoses did.
Also, once I got the hoses on and was trying to reuse some of the original spring clips I realized they won't fit over the hose I'm using. The Gates stuff is Slightly larger OD than the OEM 13 mm hose, and that difference makes the original clamps no worky. Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!
Any tips or suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated. My original hoses looked fine, but I'm about to install sliders and I didn't want to have to take them off later to get to one of these hoses if it burst, particularly on the trail.
Thanks
Russ
I'm in the midst of replacing the soft lines to my rear heater, the four sections about 6" long each which sit behind the heat shields above the exhaust. Uhhh...this job sucks.
I'm using Gates 1/2" Green Stripe. Getting the two pieces of hose to slip over the rear most two brass nipples which are embedded in the the truck above the exhaust is extremely difficult! I've used a little lube (yes, sex lube, it's water soluble) and small amounts of Sil-Glyde on the outside of the brass pieces, but the hoses just want to bend and not get on as far as the white painted index lines. I'm assuming I'm supposed to cover those white lines because the original hoses did.
Also, once I got the hoses on and was trying to reuse some of the original spring clips I realized they won't fit over the hose I'm using. The Gates stuff is Slightly larger OD than the OEM 13 mm hose, and that difference makes the original clamps no worky. Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhh!!!!!
Any tips or suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated. My original hoses looked fine, but I'm about to install sliders and I didn't want to have to take them off later to get to one of these hoses if it burst, particularly on the trail.
Thanks
Russ