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I have three hose reels and spent some time working on 2 of them last night.
My primary reel, in the garage, is a HF enclosed model from several years ago (orange outer case, 50’, 3/8” rubber hose, and two hanging brackets). It has served me well but stopped holding position when extended. I found the manual and took it to the bench to see if I could fix it.
There is a huge spring in these things and they need to be treated carefully.
I found where the latch was damage (at its mounting location) and was surprised to see a secondary latch location in the same area. I spent about a ½ hour realigning the spring to line up with this location and remounted the latch in the other location. (Needed to trim some plastic but it worked well). When replaced and tested, all was well – no leaks induced – and it was good as new.
My second reel (in my basement shop area) is a small Duro reel – about 15’ of smaller rubber hose (probably ¼”) – that appears to have a pressure drop issue. I pulled it down from the ceiling checked the line in (without the reel), re-routed the input hose and the connection at the reel to further check for kinks, and checked it fully. It still seems to induce a drop in line pressure (like 30 psi less at 80 psi in – yielding more like 40-50 psi out).
Has anyone seen a problem where the swivel for these unit starts to reduce the amount of air thru it?
My third reel, in my shed, is a light duty Craftsman Workforce unit - http://www.sears.com/craftsman-hose-...a=00916349000P . The reviews for this light duty unit are not so great, and forget about coiling it back up at freezing temperatures, but it has served me well. I noticed in my reviews of fixing the unit that some people recommend spraying silicone spray on the hose to improve its retraction.
What are your thoughts on this? Will it make it too slippery to handle or bring dirt/dust into the unit?
My primary reel, in the garage, is a HF enclosed model from several years ago (orange outer case, 50’, 3/8” rubber hose, and two hanging brackets). It has served me well but stopped holding position when extended. I found the manual and took it to the bench to see if I could fix it.
There is a huge spring in these things and they need to be treated carefully.
I found where the latch was damage (at its mounting location) and was surprised to see a secondary latch location in the same area. I spent about a ½ hour realigning the spring to line up with this location and remounted the latch in the other location. (Needed to trim some plastic but it worked well). When replaced and tested, all was well – no leaks induced – and it was good as new.
My second reel (in my basement shop area) is a small Duro reel – about 15’ of smaller rubber hose (probably ¼”) – that appears to have a pressure drop issue. I pulled it down from the ceiling checked the line in (without the reel), re-routed the input hose and the connection at the reel to further check for kinks, and checked it fully. It still seems to induce a drop in line pressure (like 30 psi less at 80 psi in – yielding more like 40-50 psi out).
Has anyone seen a problem where the swivel for these unit starts to reduce the amount of air thru it?
My third reel, in my shed, is a light duty Craftsman Workforce unit - http://www.sears.com/craftsman-hose-...a=00916349000P . The reviews for this light duty unit are not so great, and forget about coiling it back up at freezing temperatures, but it has served me well. I noticed in my reviews of fixing the unit that some people recommend spraying silicone spray on the hose to improve its retraction.
What are your thoughts on this? Will it make it too slippery to handle or bring dirt/dust into the unit?
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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