Timeline for How do I fix the compression fitting connection on my refrigerator water line?
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| Jan 20, 2020 at 21:06 | comment | added | Michael | @Tyson How exactly do you "dig" the old one out? It seems so joined to the copper that it might as well be soldered on! | |
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| May 20, 2016 at 1:09 | answer | added | Jimmy Fix-it | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 20, 2016 at 0:32 | comment | added | user2448131 | When used with some size plastic lines they have an insert tube that goes inside the plastic line to strengthen it enough for the compression to work, (besides the nut and ferrule) | |
| May 19, 2016 at 22:30 | comment | added | Ed Beal | I thought the ring was called a ferrule. I agree once compressed they are done and need to be replaced. the can be made out of plastic also much easier to damage. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 22:10 | comment | added | Tyson | This is the brass ring that I was referring. It gets compressed when the nut is tightened making it pretty much a single use item. | |
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| May 19, 2016 at 19:45 | comment | added | isherwood | I wonder if there isn't a misunderstanding about how compression fittings work (and was the brass ring even reinstalled?). | |
| May 19, 2016 at 19:44 | comment | added | Tyson | If it's the 1/4" compression fitting with a brass ring that slides down over then end of the tube, then you just need a new brass ring. They get bent when you tighten the nut, that's why you had to dig the old one out. They are sold separately. | |
| May 19, 2016 at 19:22 | comment | added | isherwood | Are you sure the compression fitting is assembled correctly? Is it tight enough? (Don't wrench on the nipple without supporting it.) | |
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| May 19, 2016 at 19:08 | history | asked | Phebe Morgan | CC BY-SA 3.0 |