Part of reel is leaking. Please could someone help me fix and identify a part

[gbearley]

Hi all. I hope everyone's doing well in this cold weather. Its effing horrible.

I've tried to set up today and major leak coming from this part I'm pointing at in the picture. I'm not sure what it's called so any help is appreciated and I'll youtube the rest.

Thank you

 

[Iron Giant]

Have you used plenty of plumbers tape/PTFE if its just leaking from the thread then plenty of ptfe tape will sort it out

 

[gbearley]

Have you used plenty of plumbers tape/PTFE if its just leaking from the thread then plenty of ptfe tape will sort it out

It did have any ptfe on it but I do have some. Guess I'll unravel it all and try again haha

I've done it already and it took the absolute mick.

Thank you very much! Have a good weekend

 

[gbearley]

It did have any ptfe on it but I do have some. Guess I'll unravel it all and try again haha

I've done it already and it took the absolute mick.

Thank you very much! Have a good weekend

It didn't have**

 

[Deleted member 257]

Inspect it closely when you have it reeled off, the centre manifold part will crack if you’ve let it freeze.

 

[Iron Giant]

It did have any ptfe on it but I do have some. Guess I'll unravel it all and try again haha

I've done it already and it took the absolute mick.

Thank you very much! Have a good weekend

No PTFE then it's going to leak under pressure, lesson learned always PTFE threads

 

[spruce]

Hi all. I hope everyone's doing well in this cold weather. Its effing horrible.

I've tried to set up today and major leak coming from this part I'm pointing at in the picture. I'm not sure what it's called so any help is appreciated and I'll youtube the rest.

Thank you
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There should be a fibre sealing washer between the elbow and the manifold. It's just very difficult to get to, to tighten up. I find a gentle tap with a hammer and screwdriver is enough though.

However, we did have one that cracked at the manifold that resulted in a leak. It needed a new manifold.

We occasionally get a leak on the hose barb. Each of the hose reels now has 2 o clips rather than the jubilee hose clamps we originally used.

 

[Iron Giant]

There should be a fibre sealing washer between the elbow and the manifold. It's just very difficult to get to, to tighten up. I find a gentle tap with a hammer and screwdriver is enough though.

However, we did have one that cracked at the manifold that resulted in a leak. It needed a new manifold.

We occasionally get a leak on the hose barb. Each of the hose reels now has 2 o clips rather than the jubilee hose clamps we originally used.

I don't think jubilee clamps are what they used to be they have changed the bolt doesn't go all the way through anymore,

On my 5 month old power up reel the jubilee clamp became useless and wouldn't tighten any further and it caused a leak infrequently so I had to replace it with an o clip

 

[spruce]

I don't think jubilee clamps are what they used to be they have changed the bolt doesn't go all the way through anymore,

On my 5 month old power up reel the jubilee clamp became useless and wouldn't tighten any further and it caused a leak infrequently so I had to replace it with an o clip

The modern ethos of business;

If it doesn't work, either redesign it so it does or discard the concept.

If and when it works, great: how can we make it cheaper?

 

[gbearley]

There should be a fibre sealing washer between the elbow and the manifold. It's just very difficult to get to, to tighten up. I find a gentle tap with a hammer and screwdriver is enough though.

However, we did have one that cracked at the manifold that resulted in a leak. It needed a new manifold.

We occasionally get a leak on the hose barb. Each of the hose reels now has 2 o clips rather than the jubilee hose clamps we originally used.

I was tapping it with a hammer and my wrench. It was absolutely god awful and took forever.

Going to apply ptfe tape tomorrow as I've not had time yet.

Thank you for the advice. I'll post a followup

 

[darryn71]

Throw it in bin
Get purefreedom one last for years
You will never look back

 

[Skxawng]

When I've had leaks on that elbow connector before, it's turned out to be a crack in the metal. The thread itself isn't doing any sealing, it's just compressing the flange against the gasket to seal it. It could be a damaged gasket but if it's suddenly started leaking then it's likely you'll just need a new one.

 

[gbearley]

Have you used plenty of plumbers tape/PTFE if its just leaking from the thread then plenty of ptfe tape will sort it out

Hi Iron Giant. I've dismantled everything today. Ptfe tape on every conceivable point.

No leaking. Thank you so much I can't thank you enough for the help. You're an absolute godsend

 

[steve garwood]

Excuse me for hijacking the thread, but @Skxawng why you are on here, can’t you think of an invention that repairs microbore hose without using the double eared clips.

I have the narrow rollers so they catch them when winding in and out.

It’s so annoying when you get that little squirt of water fireing out all over you ??

 

[Part Timer]

Excuse me for hijacking the thread, but @Skxawng why you are on here, can’t you think of an invention that repairs microbore hose without using the double eared clips.

I have the narrow rollers so they catch them when winding in and out.

It’s so annoying when you get that little squirt of water fireing out all over you ??

I could say so many things about the final sentence but I'll leave it to people's imagination. All I will say is those were the days ?

 

[Skxawng]

Excuse me for hijacking the thread, but @Skxawng why you are on here, can’t you think of an invention that repairs microbore hose without using the double eared clips.

I have the narrow rollers so they catch them when winding in and out.

It’s so annoying when you get that little squirt of water fireing out all over you ??

It's one if those things that I've been trying to come up with a good solution to for a while. Had a few attempts but was never 100% happy with them.
I'll stop slacking on here and get straight back on it tho! ?

 

[Iron Giant]

Excuse me for hijacking the thread, but @Skxawng why you are on here, can’t you think of an invention that repairs microbore hose without using the double eared clips.

I have the narrow rollers so they catch them when winding in and out.

It’s so annoying when you get that little squirt of water fireing out all over you ??

New hose or bigger rollers

 

[Iron Giant]

Hi Iron Giant. I've dismantled everything today. Ptfe tape on every conceivable point.

No leaking. Thank you so much I can't thank you enough for the help. You're an absolute godsend

No worries at all