While making up the truckload of stainless braided lines and fittings for my turbo engine I am reusing several old ones. I found that several of the "Earls" fittings are split at the nut that goes over the braided line which makes it a throwaway. When comparing the Earls' to the Aeroquips' I find that the nut on the Earls has a very thin cross section as compared to the Aeroquip which is much thicker.
Has anyone else had problems with the Earls fittings?
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I just got a whole new batch of Earl's fittings and am thinking about returning them and exchanging for Aeroquip's.