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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: Flash.. on November 06, 2015, 06:21:00 pm

Title: John Guest 1/2" tube problem
Post by: Flash.. on November 06, 2015, 06:21:00 pm

Is there a way to take apart a 1/2" John Guest tube stem from a push fit tap, the collet that you normally push in to free the tubing or stem is covered by  the nut on the fitting?

Bit of a complicated description, any help would be appreciated.

Title: Re: John Guest 1/2" tube problem
Post by: Alex Gardiner on November 06, 2015, 06:24:32 pm

Quote from: Flash.. on November 06, 2015, 06:21:00 pm

Is there a way to take apart a 1/2" John Guest tube stem from a push fit tap, the collet that you normally push in to free the tubing or stem is covered by  the nut on the fitting?

Bit of a complicated description, any help would be appreciated.

Any chance of a photo. I have had this happen before when fitting a stem to a fitting with a protective collar on and have had to break the protective collar off to get at the release collet.

Title: Re: John Guest 1/2" tube problem
Post by: Flash.. on November 06, 2015, 06:48:11 pm

Here hopefully are a couple of photos

(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1446835622_IMG_20151106_183140113.jpg)(http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/1446835607_IMG_20151106_183155224.jpg)

Title: Re: John Guest 1/2" tube problem
Post by: Alex Gardiner on November 06, 2015, 06:52:22 pm

Most strange it looks like the tap fittings are missing their release collets completely. They usually look like this:

(https://gardinerpolesystems.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/473x473/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/J/G/JG_12_Valve_125pd.jpg)

Not sure how you will get these apart  :(

Title: Re: John Guest 1/2" tube problem
Post by: Flash.. on November 06, 2015, 08:07:56 pm

Thanks anyway Alex will try brute force and a hammer