[AT] Hydraulic hose crimpers

[Dennis Johnson]

Cecil,

If you get to Tulsa, stop by and check out Fluid Specialties. They have one of the best hydraulic hose and fitting selection in Oklahoma. If they do not have it, there parent company Aberdeen Dynamics may have it. Aberdeen is a Parker supplier.

I would get a few of whatever brand of fittings and hose that you can find, and do a few crimps and make a few sample hoses. Check and see if your crimper will crimp to the proper sleeve OD. If it does, the. The hose assembly should be OK as long as the hose OD is close to the same. I know that salesmen try to tell you that you have to match brands of all tools and components, but remember salesmen have $$$ motives. Company people also have LAWYERS who scare them into whatever has the least liability regardless of costs.

Thanks
Dennis   

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> On Feb 23, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net> wrote:
> 
> I have 2 crimpers, both Imperial Eastman Kwikrimp, a K-16 and a K-401.  
> I bought the K-401 many years ago when trying to nursemaid a 20 year old 
> John Deere Backhoe digging 1500 ft of geothermal trench.  The K-401 has 
> served me well, but it has developed a severe oil leak as has the 
> K-16.   I have found seals for the K-16, and will tear down the K-401 
> later to find the seal for it.   Imperial Eastman fitting division was 
> bought by Stride Tool in the late 90's and I contacted them and received 
> an email from customer service who said that their engineers said they 
> no longer sell or service the crimpers.
> 
> This was all background info, I hope you are not already hitting the 
> delete key.   My problem now is that the local supplier has switched to 
> those Bite to Wire fittings and they are very difficult to crimp with my 
> K-16 crimper.    If I read the Discount Hydraulic hose.com catalog 
> correctly, I have ordered the correct fittings for my crimpers.
> I am looking to find a long term source of fittings for my crimpers.  I 
> do not wish to invest over $5000 in another crimper and set of dies at 
> this stage of life.  I hope that Discount will be able to supply these 
> fittings long term or if they are being phased out for the bite to wire 
> type, I will have to buy a supply for the next 20 years. .
> 
> I try to buy an extra adapter fitting when I need one that is an 
> oddball.  The usual 90deg, 45deg, and size adapters I try to keep a 
> stock of.  However, an order can hit $500 really quick when ordering.  
> That is why when I can find surplus hoses with pipe thread ends I buy 
> them.  It costs about $4 an end for the crimp fittings, and I would 
> rather have a factory made hose on my loaders where someone could get hurt.
> Cecil in OKla
> 
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