Re: [ST] Tank quick disconnect failure

[John Ulizzi <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Why is everything getting posted 2 or 3 times ?  or is
it just me ?

--- Zoltan Pavlakovich <zpavlakovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 
> 
> > Actually I think it's been inserted and extracted
> too many times.  It is a 
> > tight fit and not much room once connected.  There
> seems to be alot of 
> > stress/tension at the mating end.  If I have to
> replace the female side 
> > this time, I'm going to give a bit more hose slack
> to release the tension.
> >
> 
> That is exactly my theory! The hose is too long and
> puts unnecessary lateral 
> stress on the female part of the connector. I
> examined the broken part and 
> that's where the part started cracking. I think
> shortening the line by 1/2 
> inch will solve the problem.
> 
> Zoltan 
> 
> 
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