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04-13-2016, 02:14 PM
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Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
I am trying to use a peace of aluminum fuel line to run the wires for my tail lights through on my step side. I bought a length of 1/2 inch aluminum but it is in a coil. What is the best way to straiten it?
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04-13-2016, 02:49 PM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
Open it up at the end standing the coil on end and pulling/rolling the coil away. After you get the length you want roll it between two pieces of plywood is what I heard someplace.
There are tools for that but they aren't cheap. http://www.eastwood.com/tube-straigh...CCODE=BNB00152 http://www.brakequip.com/shop/tube-straightener-bq1028 Or you can make your own: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/s...53#post3140153
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04-14-2016, 12:33 AM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
I have also heard of people using a block of wood several inches long, with a hole just slightly bigger than the outside diameter of the tube bored through it. Pull the tube through the hole in the wood to straighten it.
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04-14-2016, 12:45 AM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
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04-14-2016, 02:00 AM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
Unroll tube and lay on floor. Put your feet together on top of the tube and roll over top of the tube. Back and forth and up and down the length. I have straightened many pieces of 1/2" soft copper this way over the years... (wish I had a video)..
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04-15-2016, 01:17 AM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
the 4x4 block of wood with the hole is the exact way i do it. it work really well, I use it for Cunifer and Stainless. im sure aluminum will be easy. Just drill a hole a little bigger than the tube and pull it through. 4x4 block of wood works great.
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04-16-2016, 03:33 AM
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Re: Straightening 1/2 inch aluminum fuel line
I stumbled upon these straighteners and they work good. Way cheaper compared to some others I've seen
http://www.kwixuk.com |
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