CAP TUBE TERMINATION

[VTP99]

anyone doing this 🔻

[Snapperhead]

to help ensure the braze doesn't clog it ??

[VTP99]

Not sure because It's the first time I've seen this done.

[icemeister]

Was that brazed into a filter-drier?

I can see that angled cut would prevent a restriction if you were to insert the tube too far into the drier...like up against the inlet screen. So on a factory production line it would make measuring the proper insertion length unnecessary.

[VTP99]

icemeister, in the 2nd. photo your looking at a 3/16" liquid line coming from the filter. I had removed the cap tube from there. I like your thought thou, it would act as a measuring stick for a filter insersion. Maybe the engineer was thinking more area for less chance of a blockage. Or well maybe it's a production process......

[David Goodman]

It is "pinched off", right? Not cut at an angle.

[VTP99]

It is "pinched off", right? Not cut at an angle.

It's cut like that OEM, a first for me.

[DeniV]

It is to prevent restriction.

[fridg]

This is to make sure the bore is fully open ,,, only down side is if your capillary rests up against the wall you end up with a blockage or restriction. We stopped doing this in the manufacturing environment for this very reason.
We went to straight cut , check your bore , push your capillary in 50mm & make sure it doesn't bottom out , if so bring it back a bit.