We bought a brand new hose reel. We put an old hose on it and it leaked between the female end AND THE HOSE,?

Question

so we bought a new hose and it has the same problem! It is not the hose gasket, since it is not leaking from that area, but from the connection of the hose end and the hose itself. Both the old hose and the new one leak the same way when attached to this hose reel.

HELP! and thanks

Answer 1

Try putting some teflon tape around the male part.

Answer 2

Yeah, they usually leak.  I always use some of that plumber's pipe tape wrapped three times around the male end and then tighten it with a wrench.

Answer 3

If it is a gasket problem the joint between the hose and the swiveling female nut is exactly where it will leak.  For some reason the nut isn't threading far enough onto the male end.   Look for a rough spot on the male end on the hose reel that is preventing the gasket from seating or on the threads for a bad spot that is keeping the female nut from s******g far enough.   Try doubling the gaskets if you don't find anything obvious. Teflon tape will seal the threads only.

Answer 4

We've had the same problem and solved it with a white teflon tape used by plumbers & sold in the plumbing dept. Just be sure when applying the tape to wrape it around the male end of the reel where your hose screws onto in a clockwise wrap if you are looking at the male end head on, otherwise it will unwrap itself when s******g on the hose.