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    radiator fin straightening?

    So I've been straightening my rad fins for over 2 hours with little tweezers to make sure they are straight and I haven't gotten very far. Its a fluidyne and i cant just run a comb through it. Anybody have any clever way to speed up this process instead of picking each and every fin to be straight?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lquad71 View Post
    So I've been straightening my rad fins for over 2 hours with little tweezers to make sure they are straight and I haven't gotten very far. Its a fluidyne and i cant just run a comb through it. Anybody have any clever way to speed up this process instead of picking each and every fin to be straight?
    Take yourself to a A/C supply house and ask for a condencer fin roller.There only a few bucks besides it's just another tool A friend of mine has one for his job and at lest once a month he has to straighten out my rad. Hope this helps.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hornbreaker View Post
    Take yourself to a A/C supply house and ask for a condencer fin roller.There only a few bucks besides it's just another tool A friend of mine has one for his job and at lest once a month he has to straighten out my rad. Hope this helps.

    How does it work? I wouldn't mind doing this to my radiator.
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    You just find what size your fins are spaced apart and then push it between the fins carefully.
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    The problem with that is my fins are smashed to where I cant even put a tiny screwdriver in there. Im literally taking tiny pliers and moving every fin to where it should be.
    2005 trx450-houser arms/PEP, 06 swinger, dc-6 linkage, lsr axle, protaper, houser stem, goldspeed wheels and tires, pro armor skids/nerfs/bumper,k&n, 43.5mm FCR, Kohashigawa Exhaust, +1 Ti Intake Valves, +2 Ti Exhaust Valves, CV4 Valve Springs, webcam, CT Racing Head, CB Seats, je 13.8:1, crf ignition, fluidyne radiator, hinson, asv, DID, Supersprox, ccp damper, Twist Throttle.

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