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Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16"

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Paul Dunstan
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2010/10/17 10:19:24 (permalink)
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Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16"

Hi All.

Has anyone in Adelaide have a suitable pipe bender I can borrow?

I'm wanting to bend up some lines from my reservoir to my master cylinder to get an idea of what looks decent.

I have looked at buying one but most of the "cheapies" only do 90 deg (and at a quite large radius). I want to be able to bend through 180 and at the smallest radius possible (approx 12mm with 1/4" pipe).
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    RE: Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16" 2010/10/17 11:14:11 (permalink)
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    Hi Paul,

    I have never seen anything that tight, you might need to machine a custom die up to bend that tight.

    Cheers,

    Phil.
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    RE: Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16" 2010/10/17 12:23:06 (permalink)
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    Hi Phil

    This one aparently can do it....and for the $$ I might take a chance

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200208360283&fromMakeTrack=true





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    RE: Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16" 2010/10/17 17:49:05 (permalink)
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    You don't need to have hard lines from reservoir to m/c, flexible rubber or braided will do the job proper and pass engineering.
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    RE: Brake pipe bender - 1/4" and 5/16" 2010/10/17 19:49:23 (permalink)
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    I know but my chosen reservoir makes it difficult (in my opinion) to achieve the look I want.

    I,m after a "factory" appearance which I don't think is achievable with rubber hoses in my application.


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