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Beading coolant tubing
TurboFource:
Saw this online and figured I would try it on a piece of scrap...some radiusing of the pliers would make it better....and some practice
GavinT:
Neat. 8)
Saw something similar that used a pair of modified vice grips.
Dilkris:
That's clever - what material is the pipe you tried it on?
TurboFource:
It is 6061 aluminum
Dilkris:
This is one of my worries - I have replaced the coolant pipes on my TCS with Stainless from one of our UK Lotus suppliers - but the pipes are not finished with this detail - and nor from memory were the originals.
Someone on here I am sure mentioned some time back, (JB...?), that they got around this issue by installing pop rivets thereby producing a "security ridge", albeit not continuous, after the pipe clamp. (I mean you would have to push the hose over the raised rivet heads first).
I was wondering whether to make some "olives" and araldite them in position...... :confused:
Or am I just overthinking this and it is not a detail worth worrying about?
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