fat sack repair

[jeremiah.hough]

Has anyone repaired a hole in a fat sack? I found out the hard way that a mouse chewed a hole in mine about the size of a half dollar. How do the bags come out. It doesn't look like they are quick connect. there is a rubber band around what i'm assuming is a hose clamp. Just remove the hose clamp??

[chpthril]

Its heat shrink to cover the tail of the worm gear clamp. Cut it away to access the clamp. Loosen and then work the hose off the barb.

Heavy raft or tube patch kit should work. Id consider doing an inside and outside patch.

[jeremiah.hough]

i realized it was heat shrink after i posted. i promise i'm not a total idiot!

here is a pick. it looks like the fitting is threaded but i didn't try to turn it to hard. din't want to break it.

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[chpthril]

Nope, its not threaded in, that a thru-hull fitting and the threaded are for the jam nut to thread down on to the sac. Have to take the hose off the barb part.

[jeremiah.hough]

Holy Cow!! Is there a secret to getting the hoses off the bags. I removed the clamps but those suckers are on there REAL good. Managed to get one off so far and it was the easiest one to get to. All of this because of a dang mouse!!

[chpthril]

Warm the hose with heat gun or hair drier helps

[jeremiah.hough]

Thanks again. That worked like a charm. Saved me lots of 4-letter words! Now to fix the hole!

[mikemcclain8]

I had a frickin' mouse eat a hole in mine this winter also. Only bright side is he didn't make it out alive. Hadn't thought of patching it, but may dig it out of the trash and try it. It was 6-7 years old already, so an update was needed.