Dumb question ... Hose clips
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lawrence
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I have encountered those clips on the intact tracts of some BMW motorcycles. I just cut them off and substituted the clips with a worm-drive in their places. I believe there is a tool to install them, but I doubt very much if the clips removed could ever be re-used (in the "First World" countries 
). Frankly, it seems to me they are used at the factory simply because they save time in their installation.
). Frankly, it seems to me they are used at the factory simply because they save time in their installation.
lawrence
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I forgot to mention the removal bit. I used a Dremel tool to remove those clips. I suppose there are a few other methods as well. It went pretty easy with the Dremel, though.
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New Zealand is awake in Spain.... I cant see where you are from, or I could just be un observant, you can get tools to remove and install those hose clamps on amazon, see link below, click on the pictures in the link, it shows you how to use them. I have a decent quality set of various sizes, but this is just a good link for info for youTa Lawrence. That is what I suspect too.
Let's see what response we get when Australia wakes up ...
I dont re use the clamps, but I like that they are low profile, my obsessive compulsive disorder doesn't allow me to use normal hose clamps, I dislike the tail hanging out, no matter what length.
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Exmoor beast
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chrisk
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Generic name in Australia is “Stupid fucken things”
Piss em off.
Sir Sidney Ruffdiamond
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Throw them ! And replace with good worm drive clips - all my hoses leaked so I replaced all the hoses and clips
I like 'em... 
They can be flipped open with a small, narrow screwdriver. Closing without the special pliers is another matter. They can be re-used, multiple times, and will probably out-last the hose. Not the clips' fault if the hose leaks, most probably the hose itself has deteriorated beyond spec. Worm drive clips may cure that, for a while at least, but these often chew up the hose in the process.
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They can be flipped open with a small, narrow screwdriver. Closing without the special pliers is another matter. They can be re-used, multiple times, and will probably out-last the hose. Not the clips' fault if the hose leaks, most probably the hose itself has deteriorated beyond spec. Worm drive clips may cure that, for a while at least, but these often chew up the hose in the process.
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Water cooled motorcycles are banned from my shed......
chrisk
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He lets Oil Lines in ..... I grew up with a girl next door, Wilma Lines. No relation to Oil.
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lawrence
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To put a label on these oddballs, lets call them Oetiker clips. That's what the maker prefers. Maybe Piet can help with the pronunciation....
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In places where regular removal is likely, I use worm drive clamps., But I do sometimes use the Oetiker type on more permanent joints, especially if that was what the manufacturer used in the first place. They're dead easy to remove and install, but I tend not to re-use old ones. Mainly because I either cut them off or bend them all out of shape removing them. I can't be bothered re-shaping old bent and twisted clamps.
I see it as a similar approach as using nails. When you pull a nail, you don't (normally) straighten it out so it can be re-used. New ones only cost pennies.
If I have a job planned where I have to remove some Oetiker clamps, I'll make sure I have a few replacements beforehand. You can buy a special tool to crimp them, but I use a pair of normal pincers. Pincers have sharp cutting edges on them and they only work OK as long as you don't squeeze them like Tarzan and snip the ears right off the clamps.
When doing an un-planned repair, I'll use whatever I have to hand - usually a worm drive clamp.
I see it as a similar approach as using nails. When you pull a nail, you don't (normally) straighten it out so it can be re-used. New ones only cost pennies.
If I have a job planned where I have to remove some Oetiker clamps, I'll make sure I have a few replacements beforehand. You can buy a special tool to crimp them, but I use a pair of normal pincers. Pincers have sharp cutting edges on them and they only work OK as long as you don't squeeze them like Tarzan and snip the ears right off the clamps.
When doing an un-planned repair, I'll use whatever I have to hand - usually a worm drive clamp.
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Thanks one'n all.
Name first: apparently, as indicated by Sideshow in his reply above, they're known as "Clic R" clamps (not especially original, but there you go ...)
As for re-use: Well, I guess if you like originality or you have a lot to do or you don't like the tails of worm-drive clamps or you prefer to avoid the damage that worm-drives can do to the hose...
You might invest £4.85 (+P&P) or the equivalent in your local currency in a set of special pliers
Name first: apparently, as indicated by Sideshow in his reply above, they're known as "Clic R" clamps (not especially original, but there you go ...)
As for re-use: Well, I guess if you like originality or you have a lot to do or you don't like the tails of worm-drive clamps or you prefer to avoid the damage that worm-drives can do to the hose...
You might invest £4.85 (+P&P) or the equivalent in your local currency in a set of special pliers
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I used them Opricka clips on plastic fuel lines once..... never again.
Is that Oetika beastie really as big as it looks? I mean, it must be a right PITA sometimes to get it in to tucked away spaces. Guess you just have to assemble as much as possible 'off-bike'?
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On Dellortos/ Amal you can remove the fuel banjos and same with taps but you can use side cutters no problem as the clips are really soft. You might want to use these clips at the ends and use a worm drive clip / dry coupling midway ( fuel filter) for if you need to remove tank etc. My wife says “if you havent got the tool they don’t make it!”