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ADEL Clamps

Phillips screw driver, long needle nose plyers, hold with modified Sawzall blade with slot cut half way through near end, remove Philips, install hardware, easy...?.well, easier :D
 
Harbor freight sells a couple of different sizes of straight and curved locking forceps. Saw it on here, and picked up a set of long reach curved ones. I?ve gotta say, it has revolutionized the way I look at Adel clamps.
 
Best combination I've come up with is to use hemostats (medical forceps) with a curved head on them. Position the Adel clamp, then squeeze with the hemostats. Lock it down with .025 safety wire. Leave the safety wire in place with the twisted end bent back on itself so you'll never poke your finger on the sharp end. That way if you ever have to remove the screw from the Adel clamp it won't spring open again and cause you renewed frustration.

Lots of folks have asked why my Adel clamps have safety wire on them. They get it once I explain it to them. Total weight gain on an entire firewall-forward installation would be fractions of an ounce while saving many pounds of frustration today and in the future.
 
Thanks to all for the suggestions. I have tried some and will try others. I still hate them . . .
 
Cleaveland Tool

Sure, you could make your own, but why?

This thing just works!

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I have one of those vice-grip style tools. It seems everywhere I need to clamp, the tool is too big or awkward to use. Hemostats are able to get into much tighter spaces (and come in handy for tons of other things like putting washers and nuts on bolts where you can't get your fingers and threading new wires through tight existing bundles).
 
arghh!@%*

they effin suck! hate the friggen things. well, except for the fact that once the buggers are installed they do a really good job....

still, i've probably spent more time cursing them then any other item on the plane.
 
My favorite trick happens after the ends are squeezed: a nutplate instead of a hex nut. One less tool, so one extra hand in the mix.
 
Satan?s spawn
Iv'e been done building for 7 years already and have 600 + hours of fantastic flying. Those clamps are still my worst nightmare but brilliant in working for the cause
 
Someone out there makes the clamps with a locking tab that holds them together for you. Company's name is Umpco. I asked about ordering some but they want big orders--a homebuilder is small potatoes to them.

I also emailed Spruce asking if they'd carry them but nothing came of it.
 
I have a pair of these "line clamp pliers" I've used for years. I cut about 1.5 inches off the handles for working in tight spaces. Works great for most applications.

I have a pair, too. I found them new on e-bay for about $35. They work well in some locations, but like vise grips, not so well in tight places, which are, of course, most of the blood-letting locations.
 
... since then, I like them!

They where really not easy to deal with. But since I have the tool mentioned, the Adel Calmp Plyers, I begin to love them! REALLY!

I do them like this:
- Put them where you want them
- Use the Adel Clamp Plyers
- Put safety wire around them
- Cut the end and bend them over

So you can install your hose tube or what ever, take it apart, reinstall it. And then, when your installation is finished, then when the nut is engaged, then and only then, you can cut the safety wire and pull them out. Dont think how many times I had to redo the safety wire :( But it really works without all the bad words and so on.
Also think about the installation of the breather tube. You start to bend here and there ... all is mouving around. With one of the fixing points done like this, you put the tube in and out and reach all the time the same position. Push a screw or dowel thru the hole in the clamps and master the bend.

Yes it takes time ... hey, but is is relaxing time ... it is hobby :)

Here a few pictures:
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And dont even think about, not to cut and bent the ends ... you will pay with blood :eek: ... just dont ask :rolleyes:
 
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Adels

My favorite tool for dealing with them is made from a old hacksaw blade. I grind off the teeth then cut a ?V? slot on one end. The ?V? gets sharpened on the inside and sized so it fits on -8, -10 & 1/4? screws. I make these 3 & 6? long which works most places. A dremel with the little cutoff wheel works well for the cutting and sharpening. Use Hemostats to clamp it up, insert the screw and slide the V on the threads. Release the hemostats and spring tension holds everything in place.

Don Broussard
RV9 Rebuild in Progress
57 Pacer
 
Why do you show me this just AFTER I placed a Spruce order.......

I don't know - you can't get the staff ;)
 
So far I've had good luck using safety wire to close the clamp, then after inserting the bolt/nut I cut the wire and remove it. The wire can be as long as is necessary to reach into the clamp and provide space for the safety wire pliers at the other end.
 
They where really not easy to deal with. But since I have the tool mentioned, the Adel Calmp Plyers, I begin to love them! REALLY!

I do them like this:
- Put them where you want them
- Use the Adel Clamp Plyers
- Put safety wire around them
- Cut the end and bend them over

So you can install your hose tube or what ever, take it apart, reinstall it. And then, when your installation is finished, then when the nut is engaged, then and only then, you can cut the safety wire and pull them out. Dont think how many times I had to redo the safety wire :( But it really works without all the bad words and so on.
Also think about the installation of the breather tube. You start to bend here and there ... all is mouving around. With one of the fixing points done like this, you put the tube in and out and reach all the time the same position. Push a screw or dowel thru the hole in the clamps and master the bend.

Yes it takes time ... hey, but is is relaxing time ... it is hobby :)

Here a few pictures:
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And dont even think about, not to cut and bent the ends ... you will pay with blood :eek: ... just dont ask :rolleyes:


Hey Dominik,

is there any reason why you cut the safety wire at the end? Of course weight saving and so on but is there any other reason? For time beeing I kept mine installed.

Gruess Yves
 
Same here - leave the safety wire in place with the twisted end bent back on itself to form a loop that prevents your fingers from ever touching the cut ends of the safety wire. Makes any future work on that same clamp a breeze - never have to worry about the clamp coming open and ejecting the nut and washer. Total weight penalty for all the safety wire to hold clamps together in a firewall-forward installation wouldn't even be 1 ounce. Total frustration savings is worth its weight in gold!
 
This is what we do on all of our aircraft.
I have tried all of the different clamps available but inevitably the cushion clamp is usually being installed at a location that makes them useless.
The safety wire will work in pretty much every location. It can be left slightly loose to allow for adjusting the clocking of the clamp after installation and then twist a bit more to synch it up.
 
Hello Yves
Sometimes, the safetywire works its way under the screw ... so I clamp the wire and press them in the clamp material.

It also does not look so nice ...

Lets say ... normaly when the installation is finished, you do not take it so offen apart.

btw, do you see my pictures? Google Foto does not want to show them everywhere ... ?
 
The pictures in post #28 do not show up for me. I only see a gray Circle with a white bar in it.
This happens from time to time, and it seems that some people can see the photos, while others can't.

Anybody know why?
 
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