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I'm changing my coolant. Have one pipe undone but want to undo the one next to it. The Jubilee clip is so rusted up that when I tried to undo it with a screw driver and then a spanner it just mashed the end up.

Is there away to remove them/distroy them to get them off?

try and get some snippers and chop the whole tighening mechanism. Careful

I ground half way through the screw housing with a 1mm cutting disk, then it broke up with moll grips. as said be careful!

E D I T = Hacksawbob beat me to it

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Cut through the band part with a junior hacksaw, it is quite easy to do this without damaging the actual hose. No need to go right through the lot, just do as much as you can without reaching the rubber and then rag it off with a big screwdriver.

If you can get a dremel type cutter in there that is even easier.

I use a socket for putting on and taking off jubilee clips and pipe clips - the screwdriver is only used for taking up the slack.

junior hacksaw

better idea, safer, but less fun!

Hacksawbob wrote:

junior hacksaw

better idea, safer, but less fun!

The clip was below the height of the rubber hose so used some molegrips. Took a good hold of the raised nut section and twisted until the band split.

Thanks for suggestions,

A screwdriver underneath the screw, levering against the band, can be a good way to get 'em apart without damaging anything. The main "housing" (for want of a better term) is usually just folded/crimped under the band, and comes apart fairly easily.

Be VERY careful if it's onto plastic, though. Great way to bugger up the most expensive/difficult-to-source bit...

New jubilee clips are so cheap if you've got a decent fastener supplier near you that it's a false economy to re-use 'em.

At least it was a jubilee clip, not those pain in the butt VW spring hose clips Even WITH the "special tool" they are a pain

ghost123uk wrote:At least it was a jubilee clip, not those pain in the butt VW spring hose clips Even WITH the "special tool" they are a pain

Indeed. It was one of those bloody things that caused me to need to buy one of BW's stainless cylinder head stubs. Thought that I'd got it off, tugged the hose, but nope - snap. a***.

Complete buggers. Just had to dremmel two of them. New ones are ss and covered in moly grease.