# Aeroquip - fittings and hose

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334>\
**Category:** Vendor Marketplace\
**Created:** [January 17, 2012, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334 "2012-01-17T05:51:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334/21 "2012-01-20T12:47:17Z")

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> [@Lets talk 5spd VS. 6spd....](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/lets-talk-5spd-vs-6spd/47976/34):
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> yeah razorblade time. I dont have JoeJiggs or Slowmarro hands, so I find myself cutting slices in rad hoses and crap all the time, especially when they glue themselves to the plastic fittings.
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> I should get a -8 hose end and some tubing, put it together and see if i can hang off it from the rafter or somthing at the shop. lol

I guarantee that you could hang off a single -8 ‘rope’ of AQP. The hose would stretch/break before the fitting let go.

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334/22 "2012-01-20T13:11:48Z")

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Don’t use a razor blade to slice the hose of a pushlock. You scratch the barb surface and it can create a leak zone. Use dikes and side cut the hose up close to the side of the barb. It will relieve the hose and allow it to stretch over the barbs.

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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334/23 "2012-01-20T13:13:13Z")

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> [@What would you do? v.Going to Canada \*Time Sensitive!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-you-do-v-going-to-canada-time-sensitive/47998/4):
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> I guarantee that you could hang off a single -8 ‘rope’ of AQP. The hose would stretch/break before the fitting let go.

I would bet a 200lb person could do it off -6an without pause. Hell I may go try it at the shop next week and take a picture :haha

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**Author:** ![TurboTravis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/turbotravis/32/6406_2.png) [@TurboTravis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TurboTravis)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/aeroquip-fittings-and-hose/262334/24 "2012-01-20T13:41:20Z")

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> [@Boxersix"](#):
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> Don’t use a razor blade to slice the hose of a pushlock. You scratch the barb surface and it can create a leak zone. Use dikes and side cut the hose up close to the side of the barb. It will relieve the hose and allow it to stretch over the barbs.

Agreed, and if I scratch the barb, I just touch it lightly with a file. Zero issues, ever.

> [@What would you do? v.Going to Canada \*Time Sensitive!\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-would-you-do-v-going-to-canada-time-sensitive/47998/5):
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> I would bet a 200lb person could do it off -6an without pause. Hell I may go try it at the shop next week and take a picture :haha

Again, agreed. Was just using 1/2" to be safe.

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