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Thread: INFLATION OF AIR BAGS WITH AUXILIARY AIR

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    You could be correct Jon. Looking at the Air schematic it looks as if you`re pressrizing the whole system. Found a leaking elbow connector where the air line attaches & wonder how to go about repairing it. Thier are two elbow connectors attached with 5 inches of hose between them. It`s leaking at the ferrell which holds the hose inside the elbow connector. any way to repair w/o removing the connector?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Zmax73 View Post
    You could be correct Jon. Looking at the Air schematic it looks as if you`re pressrizing the whole system. Found a leaking elbow connector where the air line attaches & wonder how to go about repairing it. Thier are two elbow connectors attached with 5 inches of hose between them. It`s leaking at the ferrell which holds the hose inside the elbow connector. any way to repair w/o removing the connector?
    Zmax, for your fix you need at a minimum a new DOT rated ferule, of the correct size for the tube. Being that you said the connection points were only five inches apart, just cutting the end of the old tubing for new material for the new ferule to work you may have to buy some tubing as well (If the tubing is bent in a "U" shape be sure it is not too tight of a bend so it does not "CRIMP"). In that case you will need two new ferrules. You can usually purchase what you need at a better NAPA parts store, that is one that sells to truckers.

    The other parts of the fitting assembly are interchangeable and reusable, if they are not damaged. You need to insert the tubing support (small piece of metal tubing) into the tube end slide the ferrule nut over the tube and then the ferrule last and install into the fitting and tighten. Tighten tightly but not too tight. There are a specified number of turns of the nut after the ferrule contacts to the seat, but off the top of my head I do not remember how many (it varies for different size tubing).

    For proper results be sure all the parts of the fitting assembly are there, body, support ferrule and nut.

    Note: regular hardware store/auto parts/plumbing fitting parts are not interchangeable with DOT fitting parts.

    JIM

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    What Jim said.

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