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WORNBRAKES · 09-20-2002, 09:16 PM

Personally I would recommend buying a new piece of metal for this. Metal has grains like wood, and when you bend with the grain you are liable to crack it. Especially metal that was molded 30 years ago.
If you do it, put a piece of scrap metal on top of all you bends to make the bend radius bigger and lower the chance of cracks.
Mario

09-20-2002, 09:16 PM	#3
WORNBRAKES Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Hughesville, MD Posts: 1,350	Personally I would recommend buying a new piece of metal for this. Metal has grains like wood, and when you bend with the grain you are liable to crack it. Especially metal that was molded 30 years ago. If you do it, put a piece of scrap metal on top of all you bends to make the bend radius bigger and lower the chance of cracks. Mario __________________ Mario and Mandy Hughesville, MD 20637 69 C10 305/350 71 K5 Basket case 75 K10 Rescue Parting out 77 MG Midget Parting out 15 6.7L Cummins