Since you can't send it back, at least contact them to see if they have
any suggestions.
Next, find an exhaust shop and have them do the tweaking, they have the
dies for it.
If you have to do it yourself, I've used sand to keep smaller tubing
from kinking when bending it. Just pack the tube tightly with dry sand
and heat the pipe up. The sand will help keep the pipe from collapsing,
but it will need more heat than an empty pipe.
You can also make a metal shoe to fit the diameter of the pipe to help
keep the tube from kinking, or find a heavy spring that will fit the
exterior of pipe similar to the tubing bending springs used for copper
tubing (without heat).
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Steven Trovato, On 3/14/2010 3:14 PM:
> OK, I know the basics about bending tubing. The situation I have is
> that I have purchased a stainless exhaust system designed for my
> particular model car. The problem is, it is not perfect. Some
> adjustments have to be made for it to fit into the car. I can take a
> torch, get an area red hot and apply a little pressure. I think if
> things go wrong, the side of the pipe that is being compressed tends
> to kink. I try to apply more of the heat to the stretching side. I
> also try to adjust by taking the bends that are already there, and
> increasing or decreasing them. Does anyone have any tricks I don't
> know for this job? Thanks.
>
> -Steve Trovato
> strovato@optonline.net
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