Looking for an air chamber hose

All of the semi trailer dealerships stock these assemblies, in both 3/8" and 1/2" I.D. and they are not expensive at all. They stock the hose as well, and you can buy it in bulk lengths and save money if you have several trucks, the hose is not very expensive either. If you will check with any of your local trailer dealerships you will usually find that they run a parts truck to your area weekly as well. All OEM and generic air brake system components are available and usually in stock at the dealerships, I have always found them to be tremendously cheaper than the truck dealerships. If you can catch them when they have them in stock, they will give you a parts catalog, once you start looking through them you will be shocked what they stock and sell daily. If you have a parts catalog in hand, you can identify most all common air brake system valves and parts on tractors or trailers by the picture, and call them to get a price using the actual name and part number. You can also call around and check prices once you have the OEM part number. I have rarely found a truck dealership that can match the pricing of the trailer dealerships.

 

You can free the fitting from the hose with heat (torch).
Yeah, locktite isn't necessary or desirable.
I don't know the official name for the fitting. I call it a brake hose swivel end fitting, but I'm sure that's not the official name. I haven't seen them offered separately, you have to buy the hose to get them.

 

You could do that or like Taildragon said, make a visit to your local tractor trailer supply parts house show them what you have and need and often they will fix you right up for cheap, they aim to please! They can switch fittings on hoses in stock to make what you need, I've done it a thousand times.

 

I only had a few minutes before I had to leave, when I posted earlier.

This is what you have pictures of, click this link and go halfway down the page and look under "Reusable Air Brake Hose Fittings"

http://www.newlifeparts.com/newlife/catalog/nl/nl_section_2.pdf

These fittings were always my choice because they are reusable and cheaper, if you need to replace a hose, all you need is a new ferrell on each end, usually about ten cents each, and the length of hose, the complete fitting, (three pieces), is usually about two to four dollars whether 3/8" or 1/2".


Below are links to various Trailer OEM parts catalogs.

http://www.newlifeparts.com/newlife/catalog/nl/

http://www.auroraparts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=10

http://www.utilitytrailer.com/parts/line-card

http://ww2.greatdanetrailers.com/partscatalog/index.asp

Now bare in mind that if you have a paper back copy of these catalogs they work a lot better, and are better organized, with more parts listed. I hope this helps.

 

Sometimes it's more cost effective to spend an extra $15 for a part that works than to spend a few hours trying to track down a cheaper alternative. Just saying.

 

If you buy 1 3/8 hose and 1 1/4 hose you can swap the swivel fittings and end up with both hose 1/4 &3/8, if you can use the stiff end in the 1/4 port. I always use anti seaze on swivel fitting threads.

 

I just realized that you had posted this between my posts. This is a different fitting than I thought you wanted, these are steel, they are rarely reusable because they always seize up. I always switched them over to the fittings that I posted about earlier which are brass, they rarely seize up, the parts are all interchangeable, and you eliminate the need for a swivel when you use them, they are available with or without the spring hose support to strenghten the joint, for a gladhand application perhaps. One last note, if my memory serves me correctly, the hose used with the steel fittings in the photo above that crimp on to the hose, is not compatable with the standard 3/8" air brake hose, I could be wrong, but I think I ran in to that once while trying to reuse a section of it, much simpler and cheaper to change over to the reusable brass fittings and standard air brake hose. No part of these style fittings are interchangable with the brass fittings.