A: Oil Pipework Ferrules...

Albervin

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The last lot of herringbone I bought was quite a few years ago. It was a good tight fit on all the pipes. I bought some ss ferrules from Neal Videan and just sanded the herringbone a bit, lubricated with petrol and pushed the ferrules on. The hoses fit tighter than a (insert words here). No leaks for petrol or oil.
 

Nigel Spaxman

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Robert and Glen have confirmed that really there is no better hose clamp than some haywire, but it is embarrassing it needs to be covered. On most of my bikes I use wire or hose clamps, but I wanted to do a bit better job on the Vincent so I got ferules and crimped them.
 

Jim Bush

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When I was doing my 69 Norton restoration, I was unable to find any suitable ferrules. I decided I would machine them out of aluminum to be slightly smaller inside diameter than the measured oil line on the oil pipe. I machined a nice round end and matched the OD of the oil pipe. After a few tries, I produced a good tight fit that required some spit and twisting-push to get on. Been on 13 years now and still are oil-tight. The aluminum when lightly bead blasted resembles cad plating. I will be doing more of these for the Vin shortly.
 

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