Radiator hose compression fittings?

I worked on a chevy a few years back that had what looked to be compression fittings on the radiator hoses and was wondering if anyone would happen to know where I could find some. They didnt have a hose clamp or anything like that just a big hex nut holding it on(not AN hose). They looked pretty trick but I cant seem to find anything. Possibly Im just calling it the wrong thing when I google it but Id really like to get my hands on a few.

 

could have been a sleeve hiding the clamp underneath...

 

i've seen something that looked like "shrink" tube attaching the rad to the hose, is this what your referring to?? because if it is, I'd sure like to know where to get it too..

 

The shrink tube type of hose clamp should be available through NAPA or any of the other parts stores.

I believe they were oem on some GM's.

 

really??

cool

I'll check it out..

thanks

 

Most NAPA parts stores carry the shrink tube type hose clamps, can't help with the "NUT" style.

Mick

 

Gotta learn to type faster!!

Mick

 

The nut is usually just a nut shaped cover that clips on over a standard worm-gear hose clamp.

Ususally you find these on braided covers for mullet-machine cars.

Looks like this:

Should be available at any parts store.

Shawn

 

nah it wasnt the gates shrink tube clamp or a beauty cover. It looked like the beauty cover but it was an actual fitting. Looks like an industrial plumbing fitting and was stainless steel. I for the life of me cant figure out what the hell its called though.

 

aeroquip makes hoses with ends that you can put on or remove that use a compression fitting or somethin really similar, but thats to attach the end to the hose, i'm not sure how many options they offer for the other end. maybe it's something like that.

 

Sawzall,
heres a link and also a zipcode search to find someone in your area that can get you the Powergrip Clamps, you will need a heat gun to apply these clamps fyi
http://www.gates.com/brochure.cfm?brochure=927&location_id=1177

xtra

 

do you happen to know the name of the fittings from Aeroquip?

 

Are they like a T Bolt style clamp, like this?

 

nope not a t-bolt clamp or any other hose clamp. It looked like the spectre fitting but it screwed together on to the radiator neck and clamped in down like a compression fitting. I want to say it looks like a fitting the water company would use on a water main. I wish I woulda asked the guy where he came up with it and being that he was a contracter Im fairly confident it was used in the construction industry. I just remember it because I had never seen anything like it and was rather unique.

 

what you are looking for is made by a company called Pi-Thon design in Newbury Park, Ca Yeah

but I think they went out of business Boo

 

You mean Swageloc fittings? They do make huge ones, I've got a couple of 2 inchers at work we keep around as paperweights. They're so big they almost look like novelty items compared to the little ones used on instrumentation and small diameter tubing. I can't imagine anybody going through the trouble of retrofitting a radiator to use them....way, WAY expensive.

-Bigchief.

 

yep the pithon things are pretty much what I was talking about however the one this guy had was a hex nut style but same concept. Anyone know of the industrial name for that?

 

Pi Thon offered them in both the Spanner style and Hex Nut

 

ahh I see. well then I guess that idea is ****ed lol.

 

well now that we know WTF Im talking about, is there anything out there that does the same thing?

oh and heres a link I ended up finding about them to give you a visual of them

http://www.carcraft.com/techarticles/116_0411_hose_locks/index.html

 

I might actually have some of them left over. PM me with the hose size you need and I'll look.