Help! Hose Problems.

[andretheesexy]

Well today i had a hookah sesh with my friends.
I have a 3 hose hookah chinese built according to codename067 i dont know his name here on hookah domain.
well anyways,
sometimes 1 or 2 of the hoses will get really hard to draw.
it seems like theres something clogged inside it but theres not because i take the hose out and blow on it and nothing comes out.
but it is like almost impossible to draw when it gets like that.
any advice on how to deal with this problem?

thanks in advance!
if pictures of my hookah are needed i will put them up.

[ryno]

If the hose ports are auto-seal, you most likely have a ball bearing that is sticking. You can try lubing it, or if you can take it out, replace it with a plastic air-soft bb so it wont rust on you.

[SimplexCoda]

Well if its hard to draw on 1 or 2 of the hoses, is someone hitting on the other hoses at the same time. If so who ever sucks harder will get smoke. If they arent being hit on at the same time then they need to be plugged while the other hose is being hit on.

[andretheesexy]

Well if its hard to draw on 1 or 2 of the hoses, is someone hitting on the other hoses at the same time. If so who ever sucks harder will get smoke. If they arent being hit on at the same time then they need to be plugged while the other hose is being hit on.

yeah i get what your saying i do those things.
but like sometimes one or two particular hoses, wont draw good,
no matter what.

[SimplexCoda]

have you tried different hoses on the same ports?

[andretheesexy]

have you tried different hoses on the same ports?

yeah.
its more like the port.
how do i fix that?

[Tom1]

Clean the ball bearing since it sounds like its just gunked up. Like Ryno said, replacing the metal bearing with a 6mm airsoft bb will make it lighter and easier to pull since its lighter.

edit: mixed up ryno and coda Edited July 22, 2008 by Tom16689

[SuburbanSmoker]

+1

Ryno has the right idea, so id listen to him. Airsoft BBs FTW, no rust, lighter, dont gunk the port.

[andretheesexy]

mmm okay.
sounds good.
ill be sure to try that,
anything else i should try?
someone on hookahdomain said to drill the port so its bigger,
is taht a good idea?
seems a bit risky and challenging.

[mattarios2]

mmm okay.
sounds good.
ill be sure to try that,
anything else i should try?
someone on hookahdomain said to drill the port so its bigger,
is taht a good idea?
seems a bit risky and challenging.

eh I don't really think that is neccessary.

[Stuie]

I replaced all my bearings with air soft pellets... got like 1000 for 3 bucks... I should be good for a while!

[greeknate88]

mmm okay.
sounds good.
ill be sure to try that,
anything else i should try?
someone on hookahdomain said to drill the port so its bigger,
is taht a good idea?
seems a bit risky and challenging.

Way too dangerous and risky. Besides, there are a lot of better ways to solve that problem with much less risk/money.

[jezter6]

Depends on what kind of hookah you have and your hose ports, but on my mya it's just a screw holding them in, so I can pull the screw out and wash/scrape the gunk off the bearings and put them back in.

[Codename067]

Just make sure to have everyone hit the hose one at a time.