Make your own bead roller for $3
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Originally posted by RacerXtreme7
Nice, looks like vice grips with a groove and a male "hump" welded in to make nice beads for intercooler pipes to keep the silicon couplers from blowing off, NICE JOB, too bad it wont work on my aluminum piping
~Mike.....
Nice, looks like vice grips with a groove and a male "hump" welded in to make nice beads for intercooler pipes to keep the silicon couplers from blowing off, NICE JOB, too bad it wont work on my aluminum piping
~Mike.....
Yeah for the aluminum tubing I'm going to weld a bead around it.
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I ran four prox. 3/4" beads on my aluminum 2-1/2" pipes and had sealing problems. I am going to sand one of my pipes smooth and try it. With a good hose clamp I can't see why a thick silicon hose will blow off even at 30+ psi.
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