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Doms CB550F1 project
Nurse Julie:
If you don't get the heat just right, the alloy easily snaps. Best leave be unless you're doing a concours engine renovation.
DomP:
Ted and Julie, I think you're correct. Let's hope the temptation doesn't get the better of me!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
You will be well disgruntled if one snaps as NJ has warned you.
K2-K6:
Agree if you're not confident, to leave it, as snapping a bit off will look worse.
If you waht to try something to feel what it moves like, an old / broken clutch lever of similar, clamp end in vice, put ring spanner on it and pull very slightly to tension load it, then heat with torch where you want it to bend, then you'll feel it yeald as the heat reaches critical point to let it move. No real increase in pressure, just as it comes in range you'll feel it start to soften enough so it moves easily.
Some use soap on surface to see it going brown as it approaches the right heat level too.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Using soap as a temperature indicator that takes me back to the 1960s.👍👍👍
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