Thank you very, very much. one small orientation of the plastic insert made the whole difference for me. I spent hours and hours trying to identify why it was leaking and it seems like the plastic sleeve’s tapered one should face the end of the tube. That fixed it. Thanks again!
This solved my issue, my package came with the brass compress sleeve tapered identically on both ends, I needed to use the plastic one with the tapered side facing inwards. Thanks
This is correctly done. Note the direction of the Delrin sleeve. The tapered side towards the end of thd tube, the bulky side toward the nut. You want the Delrin to wedge into the brass fitting. Also, fully insert the tubing into the compression fitting before tightening the nut. It wasn’t clear if that was done in this example but it looked good enough.
Thank you so much for this clarification. I did this a couple of times and it was leaking and I saw your comment and I wasn’t pushing the tube far enough into the compression fitting. Once I corrected that, not a drop. Thanks!
Could have been clearer on the direction of the sleeve …….not good if it’s the wrong way round …most people would go the other way as you would if there were a ring involved .Put yourself in the shoes of the amateur when making these presentations ……nice effort thank you .
Just a heads up, i bought a packet with that metal insert at Depot and it was slightly too big. A plumber gave me one that is a fraction smaller but fits into my water tube a lot better. Not sure what to look for on the packaging.
Thank you for saving me 😊. I was missing the plastic ferrule that I had taken off from the old set up. I put it like you showed and the tubing stopped popping off.
Do I need a plastic ferrule when I'm using plastic tubing? The package I bought had a brass ferrule and the tube still slides out no matter how hard I tighten it. Thanks
Just what I needed, thank you for the information… now that the line from the fridge is attached at that end all I have to do Is figure out how to hook it up in between my water filter out and my sink water dispenser in then I will have all the ice I want!
My Brasscraft compression shutoff valves say in the online info: "On PEX 3/8 in. OD and smaller, use plastic compression sleeve. On tubing larger than 3/8 in. OD, use brass compression sleeve w/stainless steel tube insert." So I'm going by that on my Delta faucet lines.
Does the brass insert need to be a glove fit? I’m doing these steps and it’s not staying connected and I swear I bought all the right sizes but something doesn’t seem to be lining up. 3/8 inside diameter tubing and 3/8 outside diameter brass insert but it seems loose
I found out that the steel compress water lines are better and more durable, I try this one in the video and was junk.not much of different in money either.
Can you please tell me the make of compression fitting you used. I bought an Everbilt which didn''t include the small washer and maybe as a result of this had a very small leak over time. I would like to try the one you have in the video.
Just bought one of these today, don't know if you have 1 nearby you but at Lowe's it was called a delrin fitting. Tiny little thing found over in the plumbing section near all of the pex pipe connectors..
Does anyone here know where I can buy brass inserts and plastic rings for these plastic pipes? Looking at screwfix, amazon, bnq, builder depot I can't find any. Only plastic fittings, which from what I understand are made for push fit systems. I live in UK
Hi! Hope you read this message soon, I’ve been trying to find this exact compression fitting and am struggling to find the exact components you have in your video.Could you please point me in the right direction 🤯🙏
