Replacing wand jet tube..

[DAT]

Where can i get the hose for the wand to replace the metal tube..

Cuz i cant get this on!

 

[Mikey P]

Bed Bath and Beyond?

 

[DAT]

Bed Bath and Beyond?

?

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Ream out a channel for the tube with a drill.

 

[Jim Martin]

notch it.......

 

[DAT]

Its plastic..it would get compromised

 

[Lee Stockwell]

Its plastic..it would get compromised

Plastic IS a compromise.

 

[BIG WOOD]

That stainless steel tube is more important that that red handle. You don't want a hose, unless you get the black hose with brass fittings. Call PMF and see what they've got. Anything else, and you'll be replacing the hose every year because of rust on the hose crimps.

So if the handle won't fit, return it.

 

[Jim Martin]

Its plastic..it would get compromised

if you were bending it outward...I would totally agree with you but you not...you putting a small channel on the inside and when you bolt it on the pressure is going inward towards the grove...so you have compromised nothing......

 

[Jimmy L]

Don't believe that the plastic handle would last too long anyway.

 

[Newman]

I have a local shop that manufactures custom hoses for all applications.

 

[Mikey P]

Don't believe that the plastic handle would last too long anyway.

BS, it's tough as nails

 

[Nomad74]

Let me test that puppy.

 

[Mikey P]

Let me test that puppy.

I would guarantee that it's Damonproof

 

[steve_64]

Hydraulic shop.

 

[DAT]

Thanks. I wasnt sure..i never thought of pnuematic shop for hose. The problem of the my wand jet tube does not stay close wand as it approach the trigger. So notching wouldn't work.

 

[Cleanworks]

It looks like it's just stainless brake line with flare nuts. I get mine at the local auto shop.

 

[jcooper]

Sound like you will have to switch to a hose if the tube won't work like you want.

Measure how long the tube is and have your disty make one. Shouldn't be a lot of $$.

 

[steve_64]

Sound like you will have to switch to a hose if the tube won't work like you want.

Measure how long the tube is and have your disty make one. Shouldn't be a lot of $$.

It's about twice as much as having a local shop make it. And you get it in minutes.
Like Newman I have all my hoses made by the local shop.

 

[Mikey P]

Turned into a $48.95 handle

 

[DAT]

Lol well... Ill put it on something else

 

[DAT]

I decided to do the ream and notch as suggested by @Lee Stockwell and @Jim Martin ...

Worked great. Thanks.

 

[Jimmy L]

That's a beautiful AW-29

 

[DAT]

yup, my first starter wand!

 

[Cleanworks]

needs a Teflon glide now.

 

[Mikey P]

why so much lower that the old handle?

 

[Jimmy L]

I like my handle up higher closer to the bend so I can push it and pull without bending too far forward.

 

[DAT]

why so much lower that the old handle?

So it can fit. That metal tube going to trigger is not close to theaim tube.

 

[DAT]

I like my handle up higher closer to the bend so I can push it and pull without bending too far forward.

I dont use handle to push or pull, only if i need to carefully manuever or reposition.

 

[steve_64]

I like my handle up higher closer to the bend so I can push it and pull without bending too far forward.

I tried that and it made my shoulder hurt more. I had to move it lower so my arm is stretched out more giving me better leverage.