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Originally Posted by AdrianE36
About the 45 degree elbow and the intake tube: the tube seems too big for the elbow to fit onto it. Any tips on getting it to fit?
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So I sprayed some silicone lubricant on the parts and was able to get the elbow over the tube. If that doesn’t work for you maybe try heating the silicone some to soften it.
One of the swaps I did with my buddy recently he just mated the 2 silicones directly and left the aluminum tube out.
His comment was “I actually skipped the aluminum tube and just put one silicone piece in the other. Then I put a metal clamp around it to reinforce it from collapsing under vacuum.”
So I felt the aluminum tube was needed to keep the silicone from collapsing but he seems to not be having any issues without it.