Dismantling fitting on end of vacuum hose

[pepo1]

I bought a garage load of tools which included a Festool Cleantec vac. The hose is shot and I need a quick fix. So, I thought I'd just buy some plastic hose and transfer the dust port connection fitting to the end of the new hose. How does one go about removing said fitting?

 

[AlexThePalex]

If you look on the side of the fittings you'll see two small tabs which you can press down with a screwdriver. Press to unlock the fittings and take them apart.

There's a tutorial with pictures somewhere on this site but I don't know whre exactly, maybe somebody else will post the link here.

 

[Stephen B]

Re using any hose, just note that an inner section of the Festool hose fittings actually 'screws' on to the Festool  hose ridges. Therefore the fittings may not attach to a non Festool hose.

 

[rvieceli]

[member=68167]pepo1[/member]

Here you go:
http://festoolownersgroup.com/festool-how-to/fixing-a-separated-dust-hose-connector/

 

[pepo1]

Thanks, all of you. Much appreciated. [smile]

 

[imaginarynumber]

You may lose the anti-static benefits if you use third party hoses.

Nilfisk make anti-static hoses that are very similar to the Festool ones, and quite a bit cheaper..
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nilfisk-...5m-system32-27-art-nr-107406091-/182509493353