compression fittings on soft tubing

dfour · 13 Aug 2023 at 11:21

After many years of not wanting to spend the money upgrading to compression fittings I bit the bullet earlier this year and changed all my fittings to xspc ones.

G1/4″ to 3/8″ ID, 1/2″ OD Compression Fitting (Black Chrome) V2 — XSPC - Performance PC Water Cooling

EAN: 5060175585301 Black Chrome Finish For 3/8″ ID, 1/2″ OD Tubing (10mm ID, 13mm OD) Low profile design G1/4″ Thread Easy tool free coin installation

www.xs-pc.com

Now I want to add my gpu into the loop and a new res combo so need to remove several fittings/tubes (soft tubing) and change them around.

Is there an easy way to remove them from the tubing as I had to use a lot of force to do so when I fitted one in the wrong size tubing and had to correct it.

Mcnumpty2323 · 13 Aug 2023 at 15:38

depends on the tubing
most come off quite easily
stuff like primochill lrt thats really tough tubing
i used to shove in cup of boiling water for 30 seconds

pastymuncher · 14 Aug 2023 at 19:30

Hold the tubing directly above the collar and undo it the best you can. Even then you will get some fittings unscrewing themselves from the block/res/rad and will have to use a wrench on them. Always wrap the heads of the wrench in masking tape so it doesn't damage the compression fittings.

Mcnumpty2323 · 14 Aug 2023 at 19:44

I should clarify
If managed to unscrew it one end/both ends
And fitting won't come off shove in boiling water
Softens the tubing up
Makes life a lot easier
Same thing works if you want to put tubing
Onto a fitting and its really tight
used to do it in order to fit 3/8 id 5/8 od tube
onto 3/4 quick disconnects

If its in situ in the case
And still connected at both ends
I have a tiny pair of mole grips with flat jaws
I clamp those on the tubing
And pushing downwards a bit
At the same time rotate the grips 90 degrees
clockwise/turn your hand right
Away from the fitting

Or just cut off
And deal with it outside the case