Tip for Installing Braided Stainless Steel Hose to the Threads of AN Fittings 

Thanks Bob!

Thanks!

Good to know. Thanks for the comment!

I believe all the flexible hose AN fittings like this are reverse (left hand) threaded. Every video I see on youtube shows people twisting them on wrong and complaining that they are impossible to work with......you can't fix stupid...not even with duct tape

Its not that hard. The trick is to not get the braid to fray. Get a cable cutter and wrap the end of the hose in Duct tape......Cut in the middle of the duct tape and voila!

Thank you!

That's because people with common sense just put their palm on tge back of the rachet. BOOM 💥 mind blown 😂

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Nice! Thanks!

Thank you! Your can buy them here: koultools.com/product/an-hose-assembly-tool/

Threads run both ways hence a "braid"

Thanks Nicolas!

Thanks Andy

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I ended up ordering a Koul Tool on Amazon and it came in like 24 hours. It actually worked quite well. I could not take my braided hose to the vise so I actually held everything together with vise grips and whatnot and I was able to get the AN fittings together well.

¡De nada!

You're right. We show how to do this at 0:28

@@koultools The sarcasm I like. 1 out of 30 attempts allows such ease. For people complaining it's not threading it down but getting it started to begin with. You do that with nylon woven it bunches up into a rats nest. Super tight wind of tape sucking the o.d. down a mm....nope, walking it in with a baby flat head...nope...all your body weight....nope...stainless doesn't do that nylon does.

Thanks Robert

Yes, but you must be able to use AN fittings for the hose on both ends.

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mine are 83 years old and I have had that wrench since the middle 50's.....Don't know if they even make them any more. Use a ratchet wrench ..

Man, I see why crap sells on QVC and infomercials 😂 I bet you look at all the "AS SEEN ON TV" products on the shelf at the store too. Come on old timer, you made it this long without one you ought to know by now that you don't need it.

Thanks for your interest in our tool. It's available here: koultools.com/product/an-hose-assembly-tool/

No, we only have -4 to -16.

There is a way to clamp both the hose and fitting with AN vise jaws. We have a blog post about that here: koultools.com/clamp-stainless-steel-hose/

yes they are , but with this method it will work both ways.

yes indeed