Originally Posted By: Trav
Spring clamps are reusable and superior in every way to screw clamps.
Sure. Until they lose their "spring".
My company truck is a '03 4X4 F150 with the 4.2 V6. A couple of days ago I replaced the coolant on the system. To do this, I pulled the lower radiator hose off of the engine to drain the old coolant. The lower hose wasn't leaking, but when I squeezed the spring clamp together, it stayed squeezed together. In other words, it had lost all of it's spring. I replaced it with a screw clamp.
Spring clamps are reusable and superior in every way to screw clamps.
Sure. Until they lose their "spring".
My company truck is a '03 4X4 F150 with the 4.2 V6. A couple of days ago I replaced the coolant on the system. To do this, I pulled the lower radiator hose off of the engine to drain the old coolant. The lower hose wasn't leaking, but when I squeezed the spring clamp together, it stayed squeezed together. In other words, it had lost all of it's spring. I replaced it with a screw clamp.
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