On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Don Malling wrote:
> Hi Robert,
Hi.
> So, you mean just a piece of copper household wire, and I can kiss the
> crimps good-bye?
I mean whatever will fit. Keep in mind that when you bend the tube, the
inside diameter of the tube will change a bit, so don't use #12 copper,
for example, because after you bend the pipe, it might be hard to extract
the wire (which more or less defeats the purpose of using the wir ein the
first place.
I have used multi-strand #14 wire with some success, if you have access to
teflon coated wire scraps (I used to do technician work on aircraft),
these work great!
> Cool... thanks.
You're welcome.
> I suppose if it's too snug a fit, I can't pull it back out easily with
> multiple and/or tight bends in the tube.
Here's another trick. When you look at most of the tubes, the bends are
accessible from one end of the pipe or the other. With the exception of
the pipe that goes from the three-way junction on the lower front frame
rail to the right front side of the car, you only need to bend in one
axis, so you only need to feed the wire through a short distance (under a
foot). That cross front piece will test your patience.
:-)
> I will duplicate the radii of the originals.
You more or less have to duplicate them to get things in correctly, but a
couple of the pipes simply will not duplicate the originals... the pipes
that fit on the trailing arms are a "tad" too long.
> Don
regards,
rml
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