Problems Making My Own Crossover Pipe

[Zoo!Man]

Hello guys! Well, I'm trying to make a longer crossover pipe for my Python frame, but I've torn 5 hoses I cut from old hoses I had. So I have now two main questions:

- It's the same internal diameter for the main hose and the crossover pipe (in order to tap the barbed fitting in a piece of main hose to make my own crossover pipe).

- Is it worth it to buy this: http://www.tartybikes.co.uk/product.php?product_id=10026 ?

Edited September 8, 2010 by Zoo!Man

[trialsmax04]

I always found warming the pipe till it softened made the job a lot less painful.

ive always found the opposite. If you do it when the pipe is cold, hold the pipe in vice and tap the barbed fitting in with a hammer. The trick is to keep the fitting going in 100% straight to make sure it doesnt split. A drop of lube helps

[Jamie_Trials]

If I was you, defiantly buy the blocks, I always use them and always will.

Try knocking it in slower, may lower the chances of splitting too.

[AdamR28]

If I was you, defiantly buy the blocks, I always use them and always will.

Try knocking it in slower, may lower the chances of splitting too.

+1

Heating the hose isn't a good idea in my experience, just makes it more brittle once it's cooled down.

[Zoo!Man]

ive always found the opposite. If you do it when the pipe is cold, hold the pipe in vice and tap the barbed fitting in with a hammer. The trick is to keep the fitting going in 100% straight to make sure it doesnt split. A drop of lube helps

I will try this, will see if it works to me!

+1

Heating the hose isn't a good idea in my experience, just makes it more brittle once it's cooled down.

And if it doesn't work when the pipe is cold, I'll have to buy the blocks! Than you so match guys!

[BlueSmokeyJoe]

Yeah, the blocks are invaluable!

The way I fit the barbed fittings is to clamp the hose in the blocks leaving 10mm poking out, via a vice then, screw the fitting into the caliper then nip it tight. Then locate the fitting on the hose and twist back and forth applying pressure til its fully into the hose.

Hope this helps!

[DrDoom]

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[Muel]

Magura crossover - £8

Magura hose clamp kits - £8

Someones making a win either way

Measure the outer diameter of the hose, drill a hole in a block of wood the same size as the hose, cut in half - perfect hose clamping blocks that will no doubt, be perfectly free! Put a peice of paper round the hose to slightly increase outer diameter so the blocks have something better to grip, or slightly file the blocks. Win.

If you fancy something a little bit more permanant, your local machining firm could make the above product out of steel or alu, from offcuts that would only be going in the scrap bin anyway, would cost you a fiver max!

This.

[Greetings]

Measure the outer diameter of the hose, drill a hole in a block of wood the same size as the hose, cut in half - perfect hose clamping blocks that will no doubt, be perfectly free! Put a peice of paper round the hose to slightly increase outer diameter so the blocks have something better to grip, or slightly file the blocks. Win.

That's actually very clever.

Still if you want to buy the original blocks, they're money well spent.

[Zoo!Man]

Magura crossover - £8

Magura hose clamp kits - £8

Someones making a win either way

Measure the outer diameter of the hose, drill a hole in a block of wood the same size as the hose, cut in half - perfect hose clamping blocks that will no doubt, be perfectly free! Put a peice of paper round the hose to slightly increase outer diameter so the blocks have something better to grip, or slightly file the blocks. Win.

If you fancy something a little bit more permanant, your local machining firm could make the above product out of steel or alu, from offcuts that would only be going in the scrap bin anyway, would cost you a fiver max!

That's actually very clever.

Still if you want to buy the original blocks, they're money well spent.

Yes that's a smart idea, my father tried something like that, but it didn't even work then. And even though the blocks and a new crossover cost the same price, the crossover available is 23 cm long, mine is 20'5 cm, for example Echo's brake is 28 cm long, I wanted something like 26 cm long to make sure I set up the cylinders where I want.