Alot of forklift dealers make there own hoses, check in the yellow pages for
a company that sells hydraulic fittings, here where I live there's a company
Precision Industries there nation wide, if there in your area they may be
able to help. What your looking for is what they call a re-useable fitting.

Tom


"Tim Fischer" wrote in message
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I have a relatively cheap ($150) Karcher electric pressure washer. Last
time I used it, somehow the threads on teh plastic nut that holds the
high-pressure hose onto the machine itself got stripped out (insert curses
to Karcher for using a plastic nut on such a high-impact part...)

Anyway, it seems that a replacement hose is $55, which seems like a bit
too much to invest in a 5-year old washer of its price range.

On the other hand, it's only the nut that's bad, not the hose. It
actually seems like a huge waste to replace the entire hose just for the
nut. If this were a garden hose, you'd cut it and put a new end on it.

So finally my question: Is it practical to have a high-pressure hose
repaired? I'd need to have someone cut the hose, replace the nut (which
seems to be a standard size), and put a new end on it (not sure if its
standard, but it probably is). What type of place would do this kind of
work? Would places that make custom hydrolic hoses be of any help?

Just hoping to see how reasonable this is before I go calling around and
make a fool of myself, lol.

-Tim