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Posted by Nate Nagel on May 31, 2008, 12:54 pm
Corvus13 wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just had an outdoor faucet fail due to a cracked compression nut.
> The nut and valve have been removed and in looking at the remaining
> pipe I see the olive is secured to the pipe. The olive itself spins
> in place but cannot be slid off of the pipe itself. My guess is that
> some fitting with a larger end designed to hold the olive in place was
> welded to the main assembly.
>
> I'm curious first off if anyone knows what this type of compression
> arrangement is officially called so I can start making some better
> searches about it?
>
> Secondly I wonder if anyone knows enough about these type of
> connections to point me in a direction as to how to go about fixing
> one?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott
I don't think you can fix it. I'd cut the copper a foot or so back and
sweat in a new section of pipe, then buy a new ferrule (that's what I
assume you're calling an "olive") and nut and reassemble. If you take
the cut off stub with you to the store you ought to be able to either
buy a complete compression splice with the correct parts or if you're
real lucky just the pieces you need.
nate
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