[AT] Teflon tape hydraulic system??

[Cecil Bearden]

Bo: I always stuck to that teaching.  Even though in the early days the 
loader manufacturers would supply a couple of rolls of teflon tape with 
a new loader.  Wealways used paste, or the stick which was a lot easier 
to use.   I used a lot of Rectorseal in the day.  Here lately I bought a 
lot of fittings from Discount Hyd hose.com, ant the fittings would leak 
no matter how much teflon paste or type of paste, or tight I got the 
fitting.  I even used an impact wrench and a vise to tighten the 
fittings on the hose.. So, I got to using the tape and stopped having 
leaks.   A good friend worked 10 years for a large Farm Eq dealer and he 
told me thay had to start using teflon tape on all NPT fittings.
Cecil

On 12/14/2020 8:42 AM, Bo Hinch wrote:
> I was in business for 25 years and I always told a new hire to NEVER 
> use tape on a hyd. fitting . If you did and I found out , you were 
> FIRED on the spot . A person would be surprised at what one little 
> piece can cost a business or customer  in the long run .
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 8:09 AM Cecil Bearden <crbearden at copper.net 
> <mailto:crbearden at copper.net>> wrote:
>
>     With the chinese fittings we are stuck with now, teflon tape is
>     necessary.  I use a brand called Blue Monster for Hydraulics.   I
>     used
>     paste for years as tape was not recommended for hydraulics. It got to
>     where paste would still leak.  The threads were bad enough to need
>     tape...
>     Cecil
>
>     On 12/14/2020 2:59 AM, Tom Martin wrote:
>     > Accepted practice is to start wrapping the fitting, 2 x threads from
>     > the end of the fitting, that will preclude tape contamination of
>     the fluid.
>     >
>     > Tom
>     >
>     >> On 14 December 2020 at 19:48 Mike M <meulenms at gmx.com
>     <mailto:meulenms at gmx.com>> wrote:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >> Hi all, was wondering if was OK to use Teflon tape on a
>     hydraulic fitting?
>     >>
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