Not all Push-Lock Fittings are Made Equal
We had a customer call that had recently purchased one of our tools and was having much more trouble getting the hose started onto the fittings than what our videos showed. They said the end of the hose wanted to slide off to the side before getting over the first barb.
I asked what brand of fittings and hose they were using, he said the hose was Parker 801 but was not sure about the fittings so I asked him to send a picture.
It turns out the fittings he was having trouble with were similar to the fitting on the right in the picture. It was missing the short piece of metal before the first barb that works as a guide, we call it a lead-in, it helps to get the hose started straight.
Without the lead-in, pushing hose onto these fittings by hand can be challenging, time consuming, and can cause injury. Even trying to install hose using a hose assembly tool can be a problem on those fittings as the end of the hose wants to slide off to the side.
Manufacturing the fittings without the lead-in may be a cost saving benefit for the manufacturer but in the end the installer will pay the additional cost of assembly time.
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