
Originally Posted by
hkstroud
Just a suggestion here.
Make yourself a clamp to press pipe into hub.
Get 4' foot of 3/8" threaded rod, heat and bend in the middle into a U shape.
Cut a 6" piece of 2x4. Drill two holes to match your U shaped threaded rod.
Put you U rod around pipe and your 2x4 over end of PVC, thread on nuts and washers and tighten, pressing pipe into hub.
Harold, finally got it using somewhat of a similar method. What I did was use a rachtet strap. The bottom of the 90 ell is buried so I wrapped the strap around the bottom of the top bell and than over the top of the 12" long pipe and back down to the bell. Torqued down the rachet a great deal and gently tappped on the top of the pvc and she slipped in just like everybody said she would. I believe since the cast 90 is buried in the dirt that I had no solid support underneath. I have to let Tom know because it seems that I had
An abnormal expereince here. I want to thank everyone for giving me your time and expertise. John

Originally Posted by
speedball1
I don't understand the problem here. The hub is 3 1/2" deep and yet you could only get 3/4" of the PVC in the hub? Why?? We never used Fernco gaskets. We always used Duel-Tite Gaskets and never had a problem.
Follow Harolds advice and let us know how it goes. Good luck, Tom
I don't know why except that I had an abnormal situation here. Harolds advice, though I didn't read it until 15 minutes ago was the deal except I used a rachet strap around the bell of the cast and over the 12" pipe and back down again. Did take a lot of torque but
Gentle taps and she went right in. I just responded to Harold also and wanted to thank
You guys for your time and expertise. I'd like to do the scales for a rating ? But I haven't
Figured out how to do that. Also I went to a plumbing supply house in my area and asked
For dual-tite and they only sold fernco.
Thanks again John