saigonij
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 04:46 PM |
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is Silicone Hose flexible?
the water rail on my zetec, is not in direct line-of-sight to the radiator inlet, needs to have a bit of a bend in it.
therefore i was thinking about silicon hose....
but i dont know how bendy it is???
anyone tell me what its like?
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balidey
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 04:48 PM |
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Yes it bends, but it will kink very easily and may close up. Best bet may be to use a shallow 135 degree bend. Or a bent alloy section of pipe
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AlphaX
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 04:57 PM |
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45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.
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saigonij
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:08 PM |
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here is a simular example, expect my bend will need to be shallower as my rad is not as wide...
will i be able to put this sort of bend in the pipe?
[img][/img]
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 05:16 PM |
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if you get the superflex stuff you should be ok. the other stuff is not very bendy at all unless you get it in small diameters
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/catalog/index.php?cPath=147_558_1330
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balidey
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 07:30 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by AlphaX
45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.
Not necessarily, i have seen both obtuse and acute bends refered to as both 45 and 135 degrees.
But thats not important, as the OP knows what angle is needed.
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trextr7monkey
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 07:47 PM |
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Revotec make some excellent stuff with spiral reinforcement which would do you no harm to fit, we looked at it down at one of the shows it will make
a U bend without kinking but is -err... slightly more expensive than the ordianary stuff.
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thunderace
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| posted on 12/8/07 at 09:56 PM |
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SILICON HOSE WIRE REINFORCED SUPERFLEX
ebay
Item number: 290119899368
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 04:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by AlphaX
45 degree bend would that be. A 135 degree is a sharp bend.
45 degrees is a very sharp bend. 180 degrees is a straight pipe!
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saigonij
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 05:25 PM |
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so anyway.... getting back to my original question...
would a straight piece of silicon hose be able to bend in the manor illustrated in the picture i attached?
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cadebytiger
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 07:22 PM |
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highly unlikely but as i said the superflex hose would :p
link as above
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 07:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by saigonij
so anyway.... getting back to my original question...
would a straight piece of silicon hose be able to bend in the manor illustrated in the picture i attached?
It would almost certainly kink. Either use two bends linked by an alloy pipe, or get the "ribbed" variety that has a coil spring built in
to stop it kinking.
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saigonij
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 08:13 PM |
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cheers ears fellas...
i was gonna use silicon hose all round, but i think ill stick to normal hose from Car Builder Solutions.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 08:23 PM |
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For that sort of bend find a road car with hose of roughly the right shape. And get either the OEM style rubber hose or the Silicone equivalent.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 13/8/07 at 08:24 PM |
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For that sort of bend find a road car with hose of roughly the right shape. And get either the OEM style rubber hose or the Silicone equivalent.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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adithorp
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| posted on 16/8/07 at 09:37 AM |
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This is new from Gates
http://www.gates-unicoil.com/
Adrian
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