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Offline ghostrider

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what is the best way to correct bent cylinder fins
« on: May 06, 2012, 09:10:56 pm »
)  Trying to correct a few fins on the barrel of my yz250g , previous owner used a jack hammer to remove the barrel and has bent the lower and upper fins (looks crap).I have thoughts of heating with a gentle gas flame and slowly levering the fins back to somthing close to the way they should be.Has anyone tried this with any success???

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Re: what is the best way to correct bent cylinder fins
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2012, 09:14:35 pm »
Old school boilermaker trick is to ( when using oxy ) is to blacken the area with most acetylene flame when the black burns off the alloy is about as ductile as it going to get 
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Re: what is the best way to correct bent cylinder fins
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2012, 09:15:37 pm »
Use a black marker pen and colour in where you want to heat when using the flame on the fin the marker pen should disappear when hot enough  try on a bit of scrap aluminium so you know what to expect