hose clips

espzetec · Post by **espzetec** » 23 Nov 2004, 13:05

NOT to be confused with jubilee clips.
how do i get these little things off? they are on the rubber pipe that feeds to the hydraulic pump

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 23 Nov 2004, 13:50

If you mean the crimped jobbies, you cut them off.

rossd · Post by **rossd** » 23 Nov 2004, 13:51

Are they the ones with the two 'prongs' sticking up (bad description!)? If they are, I use a pair of molegrips to squeeze them together. If they are the crimped type ones, you'll have to cut them off and replace them with jubilee clips. This is where a Dremel comes in handy.
Edit: Beaten to it!! Haha

espzetec · Post by **espzetec** » 23 Nov 2004, 15:26

but cutting them will damage rubber pipes! I think they are the ones that squeeze togther looking at them but i dont know!

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 23 Nov 2004, 15:32

If you are careful you should be ok. You can usually split them after cutting so much away. You will probably have enough length of hose to cut end off if it is damaged.

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 23 Nov 2004, 17:15

There are no clips on the Xantia hydraulics that can't be removed and replaced without damage with the correct tool. The correct tool isn't a pair of molegrips as suggested above, it's a pair of carpenters pincers (end cutting pliers?). You use them to compress and then to unhook the clip, and as Haynes is fond of saying, refitting is the reverse of removal.

NiSk · Post by **NiSk** » 23 Nov 2004, 21:56

Quite right, Kowalski! I was quite surprised when disconnecting all the pipes from my XM 2.5TD's LHM tank (a total necessity in order to get the damn thing out!) to find that the hose clips can actually be undone, on first examination they look like fit-once and forget clamps, but no - they can quite easily be removed (and replaced) with the tool you mentioned.
//NiSk

beezer · Post by **beezer** » 27 Nov 2004, 19:53

It is as I thought. The clips espzetec is referring to are the same ones adopted by Renault for high pressure connections. There is no tool and no hooked edge and carpenter's pincers will get you nowhere. They are crimped metal endcaps. You cut them off.