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Re: Tower Clamps - Need Help!
I've found in recent experience that the "dated reproduction" tower clamps are close to useless; they're not made by Wittek (who went out of business many years ago), and appear to be made from significantly lower quality materials, particularly the screw. I had three out of four fail mechanically and/or start leaking last summer within a few days of installation, and replaced them at the time with worm clamps (which worked fine). Since then, I replaced the worm clamps with genuine (improperly dated, but who cares) original Wittek clamps, and they work fine (installed them in the same impressions the worm clamps made, after carefully removing/re-installing the hoses for an intake swap project - didn't use any sealers).
My '69 Z/28 has its original 1969 Wittek production tower clamps, and I replaced both the upper and lower radiator hoses a couple of years ago; I carefully removed and then re-used all four of those 33-year-old (at the time) clamps, no leaks, no clamp failures. They don't make 'em like they used to
I've found in recent experience that the "dated reproduction" tower clamps are close to useless; they're not made by Wittek (who went out of business many years ago), and appear to be made from significantly lower quality materials, particularly the screw. I had three out of four fail mechanically and/or start leaking last summer within a few days of installation, and replaced them at the time with worm clamps (which worked fine). Since then, I replaced the worm clamps with genuine (improperly dated, but who cares) original Wittek clamps, and they work fine (installed them in the same impressions the worm clamps made, after carefully removing/re-installing the hoses for an intake swap project - didn't use any sealers).
My '69 Z/28 has its original 1969 Wittek production tower clamps, and I replaced both the upper and lower radiator hoses a couple of years ago; I carefully removed and then re-used all four of those 33-year-old (at the time) clamps, no leaks, no clamp failures. They don't make 'em like they used to
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