---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 183.560"
title: "33"
number: "183.560"
heading: "Hose clamps: Installation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/183.560"
---

# §183.560. Hose clamps: Installation.


Each hose clamp on a hose from the fuel tank to the fuel inlet connection on the engine, a hose between the fuel pump and the carburetor, or a vent line must:

- (a) Be used with hose designed for clamps;
- (b) [Reserved]
- (c) Be beyond the bead, flare, or over the serrations of the mating spud, pipe, or hose fitting; and
- (d) **Not depend solely on the spring tension of the clamp for compressive force.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]

### Source

Source: CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 4302; Pub. L. 103-206, 107 Stat. 2439; and Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1, para. II, (92)(b). Subpart E is also authorized by Pub. L. 114-120, 130 Stat. 27

### Source

Source: CGD 72-61R, 37 FR 15782, Aug. 4, 1972, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-209, 42 FR 5950, Jan. 31, 1977, as amended by CGD 81-092, 48 FR 55737, Dec. 15, 1983]