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Teflon Tape

Postby Ricaroo » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:45 am

When connecting your hydraulic fittings and hoses is it acceptable to use Teflon Tape on the NPT connections

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Postby Bigdog » Mon Aug 29, 2005 11:49 am

Liquid thread sealer would be better in my opinion.
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Postby Charles (49) Mo » Mon Aug 29, 2005 7:41 pm

Small pieces of tape that come off during assembly,tend to find their way into places that don't like foreign stuff. Hydraulic valves in particular.
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Postby PAUL K. in N.H. » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:18 pm

Rick,

I believe Permetex makes a liquid thread sealer, such as BD is talking about. I think Napa has it. I also think Rudi posted a pic of it on another topic a few days back. I know it holds up against fuel and that, make sure it will also work on hydraulic fluid. Paul K. in N.H.
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Postby WKPoor » Mon Aug 29, 2005 9:45 pm

For some reason the liquid sealers don't always work as I've found. In fact just this past weekend I was fixing a couple of slow leaks I had on the H. I had used liguid sealer and it just wasn't working so I used the tape. I'm always careful to make a tight clean rap in the correct direction starting one thread back from the end. Also if I remove a fitting that has had tape on it I make sure all the old tape is thoughly cleaned from the threads . Tape is very effective but as the others have rightly mentioned, it can reek havoc if a piece of it gets in the system.
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