Skewing the olive

nathanm said:
I had to fit a new hose tonight too and this thread had me shitting myself.

I too skewed my olive big time but holds fluid perfectly. I can only assume that you just weren't wrenching hard enough to crush the olive against the hose. Fingers crossed both our hoses hold.
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Definitely! Certainly went way past the 9nm this time!
 
SummitFever said:
Looks like the face at the bottom of the bore is not entirely machined flat. This is probably the cause.
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Looks like it to me. I took the left off and the bore face looks the same and the olive is skewed too. But now I guess I got them aligned enough to get them both to seal. I'm happy.
 
Looks a lot like a manufacturing defect. I have never had a barb sit non square in the bore like that. The barbs are supposed to seal on their face and not their circumference.
 
SummitFever said:
Looks a lot like a manufacturing defect. I have never had a barb sit non square in the bore like that. The barbs are supposed to seal on their face and not their circumference.
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Thank you. I know I can fuck things quite successfully in most things but after 5 olive kits if it was me I should surely be able to get it in straight.
 
Arrived in 3 days, @DMan. Just in case you continue to need them.
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