Fire Sleeve Clamps
in 912 / 914 Technical Questions
8 years ago
Can you help me understand how to use band-it clamps on fire sleeve? (And tell me if all associated band-it tools are very expensive – or is there an alternative tool and clamp?)
Perhaps the previous owner of my engine had the same confusion and that is why he put the fires sleeve over the hardware-store hose screw clamps and then used safety wire (which you said not to do, and I will not duplicate/do).
When I read Rotax 5 Year Rubber Replacement; The Installation Considerations (Part 2), it says it is preferred to terminate oil and fuel lines with Oetiker-style band clamps or fuel injection clamps, which I now have in hand. The pictures of the fire sleeve do not show any clamp under the fire sleeve, but they may be just out of frame.
Again, does the Band-it clamp over the fire sleeve serve as the only clamp on the fuel lines and oil lines? Is this in place of the Oetiker clamp? Or is the Oetiker (or other style) clamp under the fire sleeve to secure the hose to the termination; and then the band-it clamp is over top of the fire sleeve just to seal the fire sleeve (along with the other sealants – I have both red silicone sealant and fire sleeve tape in hand to finish it off)?
Thanks,
Dennis
Perhaps the previous owner of my engine had the same confusion and that is why he put the fires sleeve over the hardware-store hose screw clamps and then used safety wire (which you said not to do, and I will not duplicate/do).
When I read Rotax 5 Year Rubber Replacement; The Installation Considerations (Part 2), it says it is preferred to terminate oil and fuel lines with Oetiker-style band clamps or fuel injection clamps, which I now have in hand. The pictures of the fire sleeve do not show any clamp under the fire sleeve, but they may be just out of frame.
Again, does the Band-it clamp over the fire sleeve serve as the only clamp on the fuel lines and oil lines? Is this in place of the Oetiker clamp? Or is the Oetiker (or other style) clamp under the fire sleeve to secure the hose to the termination; and then the band-it clamp is over top of the fire sleeve just to seal the fire sleeve (along with the other sealants – I have both red silicone sealant and fire sleeve tape in hand to finish it off)?
Thanks,
Dennis
