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After collapsing my share of metal tubing over the years I came up with a shade tree solution that worked for me. I had a length of braided accelerator cable left over from an earlier job. I inserted the cable into the full length of the fuel line that I was bending. The bends came out perfect and the cable was easy to pull out after all the bends were made.
I know there are other tricks out there for bending fuel/brake lines, but I really like this one. POP |
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Smart!
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or you could use a tool that bends tubing
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Nice, follows the same principle of mandrel bending. I was borne on a farm, and it serves the necessity of the mother!
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Pretty slick :metal:
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Great idea and easier and less messy than filling line with sand.
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I've bent tube by filling with water, freeze it and bend it.
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I have a tubing bender made by Mac Tools. It is made out of a pretty tuff nylon material. Makes great bends with no kinks at all. Here is a 3/8" fuel line I bent up and had one bend well past 90 degrees. :)
Kind of a bad pic of the bender, but it's the only one I have on file here. http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...3&d=1301247793 Fuel line. http://www.67-72chevytrucks.com/vboa...4&d=1301247808 Gary |
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Good simple solution.
Couple of mine are using Ni-Copp line that is extremely easy to bend. And when working with steel, use of a torch to anneal the line to eliminate work hardening from the production process. Makes bending & flaring much easier. Not good for coated lines of course. |
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This is a great tip for someone with out a bender.
But bending tube is only as good as the bender you use. Buy the best bender that you can afford. (and flaring tool also) |
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