Help finding 1/4" compression ice maker fitting

[Justintime2]

I appreciate all the ideas and discussion, am going to order one of those angle compression fittings anyway to see if it does what we're looking for here.
ETA: ordered and I will update this thread when it comes in!

 

[FredWanaker]

sounds like a job for ask this old house next time they are in the PNW. My ice maker, just like the sinks and toilets etc., has a shut off valve at the end of the run, and not in the middle of a run, which looks to me would complicate life.

 

[KenC]

That sorta looks like the female compression adapter is a separate part. Have you tried to unscrew it?

 

[Wrench97]

Use a piece of 1/4" copper pipe and bend it to a tight 90, I just used 1/4" pipe on mine all the back to the wall tap just use a couple of coils behind the fridge to give it enough room the slide in and out.

 

[FMB4]

The fridge ice maker supply lines I've seen were pex.

No way to simply turn the valve/water hammer assembly further clockwise as it just moves/tiwists (with heavy resistance) what I'm presuming is pex pipe below it and returns to the same spot.

You need to remove the plastic shell in order to access and put a wrench on the pex pipe below. Once you do this you can follow the good advice above of turning the fitting 90 degrees tighter.

 

[Dumber than lumber]

It would be great if Ace carried them but I couldn't find anything other then pipe thread street elbows and none that came with a line kit. Hose is brand new for what it's worth!

This is a bit unorthodox for a seemingly simple problem - But Racetronix would likely have your solution. (But you will be pissed by the price.)

 

[Worsedog]

At the risk of sounding like an idiot, isn't that a flare fitting on the braided line? I've never seen a braided assembly with a compression fitting. Most have flares, o-rings or tapered pipe thread. A 90 deg swivel flare shouldn't be that difficult to find.

 

[The Cobbler]

that is a compression fitting, just like braided sink & toilet supplies , albeit they are 3/8"
not sure what you're working on that is flare vs compression.

 

[nadogail]

Looks like a Street Ell could have solved the problem.

 

[Justintime2]

Part arrived and other then not being able to be precisely clocked or timed rotationally because it does not have a spinning collar on the female side it works! Basically flared male side seats like any other compression fitting (it comes with nut and ferrule) and the female side has a rubber washer in it for sealing against the male side it would thread on to.
Ordered from: PlumbingSupply.com
Description: 1/4" male compression to 1/4" female compression 90d

 

[sandiegoscott]

Part arrived and other then not being able to be precisely clocked or timed rotationally because it does not have a spinning collar on the female side it works! Basically flared male side seats like any other compression fitting (it comes with nut and ferrule) and the female side has a rubber washer in it for sealing against the male side it would thread on to.
Ordered from: PlumbingSupply.com
Description: 1/4" male compression to 1/4" female compression 90d

I ordered this part for the same situation, 1/4" compression hose to ice maker, similar valve in a recessed box. It works great, though I was lucky that when tightened the male ends points up and not down into the frame of the box.