Straigtening out cooling fins?
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Straigtening out cooling fins?
I was taking a look at the ol' oil coolers and the fins are bent to 'shiznit' and back. I am afraid that the cooling effect is being seriously minimized but I can not afford a new "upgraded" set. So, do I just need to take some needle nose pliers and straighten them out one at a time or what?
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Be careful using needle nose pliers. Depending on how hard the cooler fins were bent, they could be pretty fragile in the bending back process. rfreeman27's suggestion with the twist ties sounds like a good idea. if you can get two strings through between the fins, you could try one on each side of a bent fin and just run them back and forth until its all straightened.
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Eastwood sells fin rakes and fin straightening pliers. They work better than screwdrivers and needlenose pliers, but then again twist ties are a hell of a lot cheaper.
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