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Date: 2005-11-07 22:15:28 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

my khes grip tubes bent down and i was wondering if it was a good idea to bend them back or would they get even weaker?


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Date: 2005-11-08 12:36:34 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

it's a catch 22, of course they'll get weaker
from metal fatigue, but if you gotta do it,
than it must be done. i would. i suppose
it's better than having them go down and down
into eternity. that sucks though, cuz when they
do this, it ussually means they died. you will
have some time before they bust off, so spend it
dearly.


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Date: 2005-11-14 19:47:36 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

thank you

follow up question. how would i bend them heat them up or something?


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Date: 2005-11-15 06:15:09 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

they're aluminum, they'd bend again even worse, they may even snap off, depending on how badly bent they are, and what happens.


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Date: 2005-11-15 06:19:00 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

I thought aluminum was more likely to snap off then bend. If thats true you might snap them off when trying to bend them back all the way at once.


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Date: 2005-11-15 06:25:56 Topic: unbend grip tubes good idea?

If you're talking about a KHE alloy bar, don't bend it back, you will snap it. I'm surprised it would bend much w/out cracking and almost snapping, but don't bend it back.
If it's not the alloy bar, I still wouldn't recommend bending it back unless it's really drastic and you just really can't afford new bars. You'll be shortening the life of those bars quite a bit when you try to bend them back.




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