Install Instructions

6
Making a SharkBite
®
Clamp/Barb Connection
The use of traditional PEX components (manifolds, barbed ttings, clamp or crimp rings, etc.) offers the total
lowest material cost.
Use plastic tubing cutters to cut the tubing
to length, making sure that you have a good
square cut. A rough or uneven cut will result
in a weakened joint.
Slide the correct size clamp ring over the
tube and approximately 2” past the end
of the tubing.
Push the tubing onto the barbed tting until
it touches the tting shoulder. Position the
clamp ring 1/8”-1/4” from the end of the tube.
This distance ensures that the clamp ring is
positioned directly over the barbs on the tting.
Verify the connection is secure by
visually checking the clamp tab.
Position the open jaws of the clamp tool over
the raised tabs of the clamp ring and squeeze.
One clamp tool ts all size clamp rings. It can be
operated with one hand, leaving the other hand free
to hold the clamp ring in position. The tool cannot be
removed until the clamp ring is fully compressed.
A properly calibrated clamp tool eliminates the
necessity to check each tting ring with a go/no-go
gauge.
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