Hose clamp cuts
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Yea, hose clamps are like razor blades ... especially when you are changing water pump impellers on twins - you're reaching in pretty much blind. I winterized my boat this past weekend and the vinyl tips are on all of the hose clamps ... except one ... and I found it with with the back of my arm, just above my elbow, reaching for the block drain on the port side of the engine - it was one on the cooling hose for the exhaust. Nice gash, blood dripping off my elbow, everywhere
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I have a 6" scar on the inside of my forearm from a hose clamp. Laid me open like a fillet knife.
Now I use Clamp Aids on all my hose clamps. Cheap and no chance out cutting myself open and bleeding all over the place again.
http://clamp-aid.com/Packaging%20options%20page.htm
They also have them for the T bolt clamps too.
PS, you can get them on eBay for about 4 bucks for 20 of them.
Now I use Clamp Aids on all my hose clamps. Cheap and no chance out cutting myself open and bleeding all over the place again.
http://clamp-aid.com/Packaging%20options%20page.htm
They also have them for the T bolt clamps too.
PS, you can get them on eBay for about 4 bucks for 20 of them.
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I have a 6" scar on the inside of my forearm from a hose clamp. Laid me open like a fillet knife.
Now I use Clamp Aids on all my hose clamps. Cheap and no chance out cutting myself open and bleeding all over the place again.
http://clamp-aid.com/Packaging%20options%20page.htm
They also have them for the T bolt clamps too.
PS, you can get them on eBay for about 4 bucks for 20 of them.
Now I use Clamp Aids on all my hose clamps. Cheap and no chance out cutting myself open and bleeding all over the place again.
http://clamp-aid.com/Packaging%20options%20page.htm
They also have them for the T bolt clamps too.
PS, you can get them on eBay for about 4 bucks for 20 of them.
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I actually custom tailored all the clamps in my Scarab when i had the motors out. Trimmed them with a sharp pair of sheers and chamfered the corners off. Each clamp only has a few of the screw holes of the worm gear left showing when installed and before i put them on i pre bent them a bit so that when tight the ends actually follow the radius of the clamp and are out tucked of the way. I also clock them to not point into open spaces.
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08 OPA High Points Champion
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time to upgrade the hose clamps to T-clamps
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