Clamps too tight?

[98GSXtreme07]

I know this definitely belongs in the Newbie Forum. Whenever I'm taking off my intake assembly and I/C pipes and I go to put them back on, I'm always afraid I'm putting them on too tight but I'm afraid if I don't put them on tight than they'll blow off or cause boost leaks. So, I'm wondering if you all wouldn't mind taking a look at my pictures and tell me if I am over-tightening them. Thank you for any and all input.

This is the I/C to throttle body elbow:

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This is the UICP to SMIC:

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Intake to Turbo:

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And this is the BOV dumb tube to the BOV itself:

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Thanks again!

 

[No_Skillz]

How about a boost leak test to tell for sure? How are we supposed to tell how tight those are from pictures?

I follow the the guide line "for clamps, tighten them until you think it's too tight, then go 1 more rotation." Then I do a BLT to make sure nothing is leaking.

 

[98GSXtreme07]

Well you can see in the pictures that the clamps are on there tight enough to make the piping to be pushed upwards at the end.

See:

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And the reason I asked this is because I was trying to do a boost leak test but couldn't because the bike pump method is just too much. I need to get a small air compressor. Also my little electric air compressor (the kind that plugs into the cigarette lighter) couldn't even build any pressure, couldn't even get 1psi out of the thing.

 

[tkelly27]

You can tighten a clamp so tight that it will begin to cut the rubber or distort thin IC piping. That's too tight. Anything else is gravy as long as it doesn't pop off. That's how I do it anyway, I'm sure somewhere there's a spec.

 

[xi Talon ix]

if your worried about breaking the clamps, dont worry about it. they arent going to break. i tighten mine to the point where they start to come up like yours and mine dont leak.

 

[RallyEclipse98]

Just get them tight, no need for strain. If the hoses do fly off and they shouldn't for your setup and how much boost you're running, you can always get better couplers or even braces.

 

[98GSXtreme07]

Alrighty, I appreciate the input guys. I know this was a newb question and thank you for baring with me.

 

[DSMunknown]

Gosh, I haven't seen that intake pipe clamp in about a gazillion years.

You worry too much.

 

[webconnect]

Careful.

I liked to tighten my clamps "as tight as possible" but I ripped my recirculation tube! Its useless and I had to buy another one. Don't damage the stock rubber pipe(s)

 

[98GSXtreme07]

Gosh, I haven't seen that intake pipe clamp in about a gazillion years.

You worry too much.

Lol. Yea I really do worry too much. Especially about the little things.

Careful.

I liked to tighten my clamps "as tight as possible" but I ripped my recirculation tube! Its useless and I had to buy another one. Don't damage the stock rubber pipe(s)

Don't worry, I'll be careful.

Thanks again guys.

 

[turbosax2]

Mitsubishi's torque spec for the hose clamps is 2.9 ft.lbs. There's your useless trivia for the day.

 

[Supa Dexta]

Gear clamps are quite easy to strip out. You can see a little tab in the first pic, holding the end up, it's not really the clamp flaring it up. Also when hoses age, they stretch after being pulled on and off, and just deteriorate.

 

[wishgst]

is this thread serious?