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01-13-2023, 08:35 AM #11
i am grinding both jaws so as to make the bottom flat; which then (the jaws flattened on one side only ) will go BETWEEN the stainless leaves easier. Also by grinding the front flat the removal separation is done with a thicker part of the tool and the separation of the stainless is greater
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01-13-2023, 08:36 AM #12
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01-13-2023, 01:03 PM #13
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I might be overly simplistic here. I tried all the cutting pliers I had, but nothing worked.
Then I thought, what about the Dremel Tool I had in the tool box in the RV Barn.
Pulled the Dremel out of the tool box, replaced the grinding tool with a fiberglass reinforced cutting disk and proceeded to cut the PEX fitting off. Less than one half of a minute later the clamp had split and I pulled it off with my feeble fingers
J.J.
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01-13-2023, 04:13 PM #14
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Mark & Mary. Full-timing across the USA (and Canada)!
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01-13-2023, 05:54 PM #15
I also used a cordless Dremel tool. You have to be careful but it's easy enough. I also replaced the plastic fittings with brass fittings when I last had to do a repair job.
Jim & Kathy
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01-13-2023, 06:36 PM #162022 Solitude 378mbs-r with 3rd air and solar package, Flux Capacitor pending, Removed Nautilus and replaced with the Bruce Select-A-Matic
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01-13-2023, 07:25 PM #17
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Practice makes better! I wasted (used for education purposes) about half a dozen clamps on a 5" piece of PEX that I cut in half and used one of the old plastic T-junctions that I had to replace. After the second one I got really good at not nicking the PEX.
I use the Dremel because, even with my access door to the back of the Nautilus panel, I can't get the leverage on the side cutters to cut the connector.
EDIT: changed the name of the tool to a more politically correct term. [emoji848]Mark & Mary. Full-timing across the USA (and Canada)!
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01-14-2023, 07:53 AM #18
i can't get leverage with side cutters to CUT the clamp either ... But then again the Clamp is NOT cut. It is only separated and then pulled apart.
Go back to the very first post and look at photo #4 it shows the side cutters ONLY separating the stainless layers.
the ground down cutter gets placed between the layers and when squeezed , Easily, the top and bottom layers will pull apart...look the the photos in my first postLast edited by ForBruce; 01-14-2023 at 07:58 AM.
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01-14-2023, 08:20 AM #19
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