Description
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-Fits 5/8″ and larger tubing
-This product is designed to be installed on your workbench, wall, or floor.
-Aluminum, steel or stainless steel Intake pipe and Intercooler pipe
-This vise-mounted tool will form a perfect bead on the end of aluminium or copper tubing. Simply insert the end of the tubing between the dies and start cranking the turning handle. Give the wheel a quarter-turn with each full rotation of the tubing to gradually tighten the dies against the tubing.
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Listing compatibility notes
- -Fits 5/8" and larger tubing -This product is designed to be installed on your workbench, wall, or floor.
- -No-Worry Guarantee -Fits 5/8" and larger tubing -This product is designed to be installed on your workbench, wall, or floor.
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Repair scenarios, installation, companion parts, and use outcomes
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Installation notes
- Use the listing instructions when present and follow the vehicle service procedure.
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Companion parts
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Customer feedback
Ratings and written reviews
4.2 / 5
15 source ratings
Source: Amazon. Imported marketplace feedback is shown for product research and is not a review of a purchase made on this website.
Paul Gregory Capps –
Purchased this to finish up some 2.5 inch intercooler pipe. Clamped this in my vice and it works great. Make several passes to to the job, don’t try to make the bead all in one pass and this tool should last for quite a while
TLCHopII –
Used this product on several small jobs. Primarily beading copper pipe/fittings to accept rubber hose and hose clamps. As stated, works very well if the tool is mounted in a vise. It is difficult to control, “free hand”. Stable beading is attained when turning the handle counterclockwise (anticlockwise). versing direction causes the material to walk off path and create an unsatisfactory bead.
Mark Patterson –
It works fine for copper and aluminum tubing, don’t know about steel
Dc5vic –
I had to shorten some intercooler piping and used this to make a new bead. It worked perfectly. I recommend using a bench vise to hold the bead roller in place, but it is still doable without one.
past purchaser –
Does not fit 5/8 tubing which is specifically what I bought it for. Inside roller is .615″ in diameter, so unless you have one hundredth wall tubing, it doesn’t work.
Jeff T. –
I had 3 aluminum tubes (1 1/2” diameter) that required beads – 6 beads total. I first practiced on a scrap piece. Make sure the tube end is straight and cut square. Jagged ends will cause trouble. The tool definitely needs to be securely clamped in a vise. Go slow, it takes quite a few turns to get a good bead. If you used this tool for stainless it would have to be thin.