hornetball

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Oooooohhhhh!!! A new tool I need!!!

hi_im_sean

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They're like $20 at the harbor of fright, but i don't know that id trust those. I think mine are blue point, much win.

Monk

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I am going to go buy a set of those today.

I use the t-bolt clamps with the little sleeve every day in my lab.
I break them at least once a week.

Anecdotes are generally meaningless in the context of material science.

y8s

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Every time I hear Blue Point:

hi_im_sean

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Those look really tasty

JasonC SBB

In theory, practice and theory match. In practice, they don't.

18psi

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In practice, all those fast high boost race cars use worm clamps

aidandj

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<p>Peasantry. These are going to be connecting my next intercooler piping build</p><p>Custom Aluminum V-Band Intake Flange</p>

scenturion

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I love these sleeved worm drive clamps:
Lined Clamps - Ideal Tridon



Even compression across a larger surface, high quality stainless, doesnt chew the hose, and a mfg-specified torque spec.

McMaster sells them 10 for $15 in 301SS

BenR

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Sometimes the benefit of the shitty worm drive clamps is you can get much higher compression along a small cross section as the hose tries to pull away from the pipe.

Leafy

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thems the ticket.

People who cheese grate your hoses with normal worm clamps, you've got them too tight, if you need them that tight to seal, you're failing at making a joint not failing at clamping it.

hi_im_sean

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you can get those at zone/reilly under the gates name

Schuyler

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<p>Several people I know absolutely swear by these spring loaded T-bolt things.</p><p><img src="http://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.miataturbo.net-vbulletin/430x139/80-clamps_spring_loaded_tbolt_3a6e8f4fc92dcb67ea77f04 cef1cb9615a30dc14.png" title="" /><br />&nbsp;</p>

fooger03

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I've haven't used many T-Bolt clamps, but I have had the threads on one of them fail, which made the clamp effectively useless.

I've used a **** ton of worm drive clamps, and I've probably had two of them fail, which made the clamp completely useless.

Mods, please change thread title to: "Worm drive clamps and T-bolt clamps both fail".

PaperMate

That's why you should just use zip ties!

y8s

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Here's a picture of a worm driving:

sixshooter

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My buddy from Japan says American auto parts store gear clamps are all garbage. There's supposedly a measurable difference in quality and thickness of materials in a Japanese gear clamp. If this is true, you are all correct.

aidandj

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<p>Thats what you get for putting non-jdm parts on your car. Duh.</p>

Braineack

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I can break worm clamp by looking at them

hornetball

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FTFY.