I have a bicycle track pump. The pipe that feeds the air to the tyre connects at the pump end onto a spigot and is clamped with what looks like some form of compression fitting.
The pipe itself is some form of flexible plastic, not pure rubber, and has broken just above this clip. I need to reconnect it. I could probably just use a jubilee clip but is there a neater solution? The pipe is probably 10mm or so diameter.
Andrew
Dual eared O clips any good?
Jubilee clips aren't much good for such small diameters as the close with quite a pronounced D shape.
Double ear clip in a suitable size:
Set using pincers
Andrew
The neatest would be some form of crimp. Any removable clip is not going to look as good. Does the spigot into the pump body unscrew? If so, replace the entire hose?
I have done temporary repairs [1] by tightly binding some copper wire around the hose a few turns, then carefully twisting the ends together with some pliers (easy to overdo it and snap the wire) then trim the wire off leaving a few mm (about 6 turns worth min) and then lay it flat over the binding.
You can then make it look pretty with some insulating tape, self-amalgamating tape or the heat shrink you put over the hose before you started. ;-)
Cheers, T i m
[1] That often outlasted the other hardware. ;-)
Looks like it might. If these are the ones Andrew Mawson pointed to are they installed by squeezing across the long axis?
Does this help?
Although you can buy the proper tool on ebay etc, I reckon a pair of carpenters pincers should do the job just as well.
Helps a lot. Not at all what I imagined. I was thinking along the lines of squeezing across the lobes to sprint the clip out before putting the pipe in and releasing.
sprint => spring
No, you nip each ear with e.g. pincers.
You squeeze each ear with pincers thus reducing the circumference of the clip. I have the proper tool, and it's handy when the pipe is in a confined space, but as Bob Minchin says carpenters pincers are just as good if, as in your case, access isn't an issue.
Don? try pliers - they slip off the ears and you end up with blood blisters - AMHIK :)
Andrew
I agree, the ebay tool I bought for a fuel pipe job was hopelessly soft. (Drive shaft gaiter clips with a single "ear" really need a different tool which also presses in the middle bit).
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