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Itchy
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PostPosted: 05:41 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: how to fix downpipe? Reply with quote

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my downpipe atthe link pipe end looks like the above picture , can anybody explain how to make it round again?, others on mt other threads have briefly described it but as said they have been brief can anybody explain as to what tools I'll need where to get them from and how to use them to make it more or less circular? so I can still a new link pipe onto it?.


It is uncreased the pipe currently the alternative is an expensive in time and money replace the downpipes completely , or maybe angle grind the end off and weld on a bit of pipe complicated cus I can't weld and I don't angle grind such that it maybe cheaper to replace.

rest of the damage is just replace for a new parts

Any thoughts please.

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PostPosted: 08:24 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

you need a bar with the end turned to the right size/shape. Take of the pipe, grab it in a vice, heat up the end and drive the bar in. Remove bar and the end should be back to the right shape. The bar neads a tapered lead in on it BTW.
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PostPosted: 09:21 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Big Pete wrote:
you need a bar with the end turned to the right size/shape. Take of the pipe, grab it in a vice, heat up the end and drive the bar in. Remove bar and the end should be back to the right shape. The bar neads a tapered lead in on it BTW.


this would be the method that i would use as well



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PostPosted: 09:44 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

last chance bodge would be mole grips on the 'flat' side.

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PostPosted: 10:42 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Another option is a piece of wood with the correct radius cut into it, usually with a hole saw, then hammer form the shape back.
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PostPosted: 18:57 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

theres a tool for this situation, you put it in the pipe, tighten and flanged move up it and out to make a bigger exhaust pipe or create a near perfect circular hole again, i dont know whats its called but someone on here must know.
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PostPosted: 18:59 - 07 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

here you go.
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BERGEN-TOOLS-3PC-EXHAUST-PIPE-EXPANDING-SET_W0QQitemZ140164967388QQihZ004QQcategoryZ30917QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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PostPosted: 02:42 - 08 Oct 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice to know such tools exist! Thumbs Up
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