Gladhand seal installation direction.. A question

I use the ones with the screens in them.
Keeps the critters from moving in..

 

Put some oil or grease on it.

 

There is one particular one (cannot remember brand) that i have seen a few times that the grommet goes in big side first. That is the only way it will fit. It leaves a very thin o-ring size seal. They don’t couple very good with others. Those are the throw away one’s in my mind.

 

I think that driver is a couple pallets short of a truckload....

Petroleum will DESTROY rubber; only do this with non-rubber grommets. Even then......why????

 

What you are describing is the only kind I ever used 51 to 58. They were like a large fitted portion which went in the gladhand first, and the outer side of it would stick out like a 1/8th " length of 1/2" pipe sized. Mated perfectly with the trailer glad's as the same there.

Sure glad you brought this up, as I had been searching for "old style" seals and no luck. Thought my time had passed completely. Whew...

Every tractors glove box had a few in it, as dry they would tend to get a wrinkle and leak. So sharp minds would smear a little grease from 5th plate lip on trailer up to make them hook smooth. Of course, the grease deteriorated the rubber to a softness and would not seal.
So, you learned to examine both connections, found wanting, just put in all 4 new. Held the hose away from you, spit on the seal, hooked up smooth airtight. Last years with J.T. Garard, I had the same black trailer, so no problem.

(In later years they made them out of a hard poly and hooked smoother, less spit.)

 

I was told years ago that petroleum jelly will keep the rubber soft for a better seal. I used it on my seal on the sunroof of my truck for years without issue.

 

*Relevant tip*
Remember to remove gladhand seals from trailer whenever you drop in Laredo. You'll probably need them when picking up at a different location in the same city.

 

Then you know all about then old glad hands made out of cast iron that Bendix-Westinghouse supplied with almost every tractor set up. My old ‘51 Diamond T still has the originals. They were real and never wore out.