Worm drive clamps are better than t-bolt clamps
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I am going to go buy a set of those today.
I use the t-bolt clamps with the little sleeve every day in my lab.
I break them at least once a week.
Anecdotes are generally meaningless in the context of material science.
I use the t-bolt clamps with the little sleeve every day in my lab.
I break them at least once a week.
Anecdotes are generally meaningless in the context of material science.
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<p>Peasantry. These are going to be connecting my next intercooler piping build</p><p>Custom Aluminum V-Band Intake Flange</p>
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I love these sleeved worm drive clamps:
Lined Clamps - Ideal Tridon
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Even compression across a larger surface, high quality stainless, doesnt chew the hose, and a mfg-specified torque spec.
McMaster sells them 10 for $15 in 301SS
Lined Clamps - Ideal Tridon
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Even compression across a larger surface, high quality stainless, doesnt chew the hose, and a mfg-specified torque spec.
McMaster sells them 10 for $15 in 301SS
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I love these sleeved worm drive clamps:
Lined Clamps - Ideal Tridon
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/150262-worm-drive-clamps-better-than-t-bolt-clamps-80-65e_24312af5ffcd354c0e0cfa21f865ffd11bd54533.png?dateline=1442526522)
Even compression across a larger surface, high quality stainless, doesnt chew the hose, and a mfg-specified torque spec.
McMaster sells them 10 for $15 in 301SS
Lined Clamps - Ideal Tridon
![](https://www.miataturbo.net/attachments/insert-bs-here-4/150262-worm-drive-clamps-better-than-t-bolt-clamps-80-65e_24312af5ffcd354c0e0cfa21f865ffd11bd54533.png?dateline=1442526522)
Even compression across a larger surface, high quality stainless, doesnt chew the hose, and a mfg-specified torque spec.
McMaster sells them 10 for $15 in 301SS
People who cheese grate your hoses with normal worm clamps, you've got them too tight, if you need them that tight to seal, you're failing at making a joint not failing at clamping it.
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I've haven't used many T-Bolt clamps, but I have had the threads on one of them fail, which made the clamp effectively useless.
I've used a **** ton of worm drive clamps, and I've probably had two of them fail, which made the clamp completely useless.
Mods, please change thread title to: "Worm drive clamps and T-bolt clamps both fail".
I've used a **** ton of worm drive clamps, and I've probably had two of them fail, which made the clamp completely useless.
Mods, please change thread title to: "Worm drive clamps and T-bolt clamps both fail".
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My buddy from Japan says American auto parts store gear clamps are all garbage. There's supposedly a measurable difference in quality and thickness of materials in a Japanese gear clamp. If this is true, you are all correct.