Factory style hose clamps

toolmanmike said

Ya the late model ones are Flat band clamps. They have been used for years and I would imagine most of them are made with recycled materials from China. Lots of clamps on a car and if the manufacturers save a penny on each they save millions $$ every year. Just replace them with a Ideal brand worm style clamp and move on. You need to watch the worm clamps nowdays too. Most are **** as well. That's why I recommended Ideal brand. They are probably the best made. Ideal Tridon - Ideal Tridon

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I agree 100% with your opinion on worm clamps. I've spent 1/2 of my life trying to sneak by with cheaper stuff - and still do on some things (I'm hard-headed), but I quit buying cheap Chinese worm clamps YEARS ago. When tightened, the threads strip & coolant leaks out on the top of your engine - then you've got slippery a mess on the garage floor......or worse, you're pulled over on the berm of I-75 90 miles from home with a steam cloud that smells like trouble coming from under your hood. We all know that smell.