EK quality disappointing?

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I decided to move away from the Drive bay reservoirs so I went for one of the EK multioption tubes, the 150 X2 Advanced to be precise!

It was all going to plan until I started to fit the top fittings, what the hell did they do here?

http://i.imgur.com/ZTnNs.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Z2fMh.jpg

On the other side the thread is about twice as long due to there being an inside tube fitting, so I can only assume the person/machine that drilled it actually drilled both sides, FROM both sides, therefore making the port on the left absolutely useless!

Disappointed.
 
I know it's to screw in the tube, but there's no thread on the outside bit (if you look closely) to screw in a stopper/fitting!

Look at the top left one, there's no thread on the outside bit, only on the inside which isn't enough to screw a stopper or any of my compression fittings in!
 
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Cleeecooo said:
also looks fine to me

have you... i dunno, tried to screw something in there?
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Of course, i can literally sit it in flush as if it was screwed in, because there's literally no thread!
It's that wide the fittings just sit in it

Jokester said:
There isn't a thread on the outside of the left port in the top photo.
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Finally someone noticed it!
 
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Here's an image of what it should be like:

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As you can see I'm missing the outside thread, pretty much rendering it unseal-able!
 
Yea the one thats highest up in both pictures! (and more to the left)

It seems as if they have threaded it twice, i can literally fit the fittings in and they go right up to the rubber, i can't actually screw anything in! :(
 
will be, not been a good day today!

also had an Aquacool T-fitting arrive damaged, and all the work i did at work today rendered useless due to a bug I can't fix, not going well!! grr
 
pgi947 said:
The hole hasen't been fully tapped out, manufacturing error.

Two options IMO, RMA or finish the thread...
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The hole HAS been fully tapped out, the fitting fits in all the way without really touching the sides, otherwise i would taper it myself!
 
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ahh, get an RMA sorted then :)

Out of interest what thread type do most WC fittings use? I work with allot of Hydraulic/Pneumatic systems, just my technical side getting curious :D

Would have thought most would be Jic or even BSPP?
 
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