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Re: [ST] Tank quick disconnect failure



I am not experiencing any problem at the moment

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Ulizzi" <jaulizzi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [ST] Tank quick disconnect failure


> 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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