I'm right in the middle of putting all of my new hoses in the car, using the "Complete Hose Kit" I bought from DMCH back in December. I seem to be having an issue with getting the clamps tight. Not really sure how tight is "too tight". When I took the original ones off the car they were really "on there", but these new clamps that came with the kit seem to slip when I crank down on them. It's like the screw is slipping and stripping the hole out in the clamp. I start tightening up on the clamp, and when I get it to the point where I want to snug it up tight it just "pops" and goes back to being loose. I really don't want to deal with leaks once I get it all put back together.
I bought John Hervey's water pump kit and the clamps that came with his kit gave me no trouble at all. Did I get a bad batch of clamps or am I trying to get them tighter than necessary?