"Mike Barnes" wrote in message
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The hose on our Dyson DC03 has split right next to the plastic collar
that the attachments fit into. It ought to be an easy job to detach the
hose from the collar, shorten it by a couple of inches, and reattach it.
But I can't get it out.

In this picture http://thedowerhouse.com/pics/hose.jpg you can see a
promising-looking tab-in-a-slot below the green button, and there's one
the same on the other side. I've poked them hard in every direction but
I can't get them to do anything useful.

Ideas?

--
Mike Barnes


I'd imagine it fitted like this...

When the tube has been made the hose slots in fully and the them two lugs
are machined crimped to keep the hose in place?

Bit like when crimping a cable