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mphy98

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If you have the rubber worn off or torn on you power tilt hoses, but the hose is solid and not leaking. I am talking about just the outside casing. use the liquid rubber that you can dip your pliers into. I used a disposable glove and coated them a couple of times, but it works like a champ. flexable yet a good cover, a lot cheaper than new hoses, and since the outside cover really offers no structial strength, it should last a long time.
 
This_lil_fishy

This_lil_fishy

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Re: Try This It Works Great!

The exterior rubber casing will only be slightly worse then the interior rubber casing. Honestly, I can't say I agree with you, it's a cosmetic fix.

Ian
 
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Re: Try This It Works Great!

mphy98 said:
If you have the rubber worn off or torn on you power tilt hoses, but the hose is solid and not leaking. I am talking about just the outside casing. use the liquid rubber that you can dip your pliers into. I used a disposable glove and coated them a couple of times, but it works like a champ. flexable yet a good cover, a lot cheaper than new hoses, and since the outside cover really offers no structial strength, it should last a long time.
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I noted some rub damage on one of my hoses. I thought I would just loosen them, turn the hose so that they do not rub, then tighten?

Michael​
 
Splat

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Re: Try This It Works Great!

Agreed, hydraulic hoses work by using all layers of the hose to control hydronamic pressure.

Fixing the outer casing still leaves a weak spot of the hose.

Working around a damaged, or improperly repaired hydro hose is extremely dangerous. The fluid inside is under pressure, and released through a rupture can do as little damage as a mild burn, to becoming an blood stream injection hazard, to cutting skin bone and even steel like a hotknife through butter.

Bill
 
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