Re: trouble bending aluminum sway bar arms, advice?

["Rob Weinstock" <weinstro@hotmail.com>]

Apply force while heating. Also, quenching (in water, I suppose) doesn't 
anneal it (make the bar softer). You should also know that bars are usually 
cold formed. After heating, you might want to have the whole thing heat 
treated to restore strength.

Regards,

Rob

>im trying to bend the speedway engineering sway bar arms i have.  they are
>about 1/2 thick and 1 inch across.  i heated them to c. 550 F and quenched
>to anneal them, but even then i could not bend it even 1 degree.

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