No video
How to Fix a Bent Dirt Bike Radiator
Рет қаралды 4,920
Күн бұрынFixing a bent & twisted radiator was a simple task, and the tools used were straightforward as well. Hopefully this helps y'all when you have a radiator that needs tweaking.
⚡👕 Seat Time Shirts 👕⚡bit.ly/SeatTimeShop
After a few too many hard enduro sessions with the boys, I realized my left radiator on the Sherco was really badly bent. Somehow the inlet for the radiator hose was also out of round, so I would need to figure out how to get that round again as well.
The tools you need for a bent radiator are a hammer and a piece of wood. If you need some extra manipulation, some Propane or MAP gas will be helpful to heat the radiator up. For the hose inlet, I used sockets and and extension to slowly round back out the bent inlet. Most important thing to remember is to have patience. If you move to fast, you'll be fixing a leaking radiator as well.
Hopefully this helps y'all straighten your bent radiator. Ask questions if you have them, or leave comments with other ideas and techniques.
0:00 Intro
0:35 Radiator Inlet Fix
1:37 Radiator Smashed Fix
4:09 Recap and Outro
☕ Enjoyed this content? Buy Me a Coffee!
www.buymeacoffee.com/seattime
🛒 Shop on Amazon? Use this Amazon Affiliate link when shopping to help support Seat Time! amzn.to/3b96afs
🌲 If we don’t get a chance to see you on the trail, we’ll see you on the internet. Enjoy #GettingSeattime and tag us in your riding adventures!
Seat Time exists to keep you stoked on two wheels! We create entertaining and educational content to get your prepared for the single track, and keep you riding longer once on the bike.
Site: seattime.co
Podcast: apple.co/2TJDW2t
Instagram: / seattime
FB Group: bit.ly/GettingSeattimeGroup
@condy130 Жыл бұрын
Could have screwed the rad to the block through the mounting holes
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
GENUIS! I'm pinning this comment so others see it! Thanks for the recommendation.
@condy130 Жыл бұрын
No problem! I’ve got some rads on some retro rebuilds I’m doing that are out of shape, I’ll give it a try
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
Let us know how it goes and what you learn. 🤘🏻🤙🏻
@Creeper-m9 Жыл бұрын
Good idea on the sockets. That was where you really came to my aide
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
🤘🏻 Not going to lie, I was really nervous attempting that. Luckily, it worked out!!! Let me know how it goes for ya.
@racesla Жыл бұрын
Great video, I've got a radiator on my 300 SEF that looks very similar. Thanks
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
You got it! Hopefully it goes smooth for you. Just go slower than you think you need too. Getting frustrated or moving too fast is when bad things can happen. Then let us know how it goes! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
@SkillCollectors Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, I'll be doing this soon.
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
Let us know how it goes! 🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
@highlandcycles Жыл бұрын
Nice work
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
Thanks Boss. You keep me inspired to keep learning and trying new things!
@Danman1972 Жыл бұрын
@@SeatTime He does do tend to do that.
@user-tr6me5bk2v 7 ай бұрын
Hi I have done similar work, but tried after using wood that it was easier with a metal file. It is easier to put it exactly where you want and is less flexible, thereby distributing the force of the hammer better.
@SeatTime 6 ай бұрын
I think a lot of people use wood due to the soft aluminum metal being easily damaged. BUT, use what works for you! This was my first go at serious straightening.
@Danman1972 Жыл бұрын
Nice work! That fix with the inlet is slick. A whole chunk of wood (2x4) would spread the load a bit and help it flatten out the rad. Lay it on its side like you had... use the big junk of wood in the edge where you had the thinner point. Catch that lip and give a wack. It it has twist in the in rad. Clamp it lightly in the vice on end end. Look over it and sight down the length. Grab the top end (not in the vice obviously) then untwist it. to line the top and bottom tank up. Did it that way, but the little strength bars that had has may prevent using a full width 4x4. I didn't go to a point, but used a edge of the blunt end. Like lacing a rim.... much patience and little movements = the big pay off.
@Danman1972 Жыл бұрын
Not sure a tool will work. I have on of the ones you did. Works well for a AC condenser. The angles on the rad arn't good. I did see a tool that had multiple heads and it maybe will have something , but not sure. A pick and slow work might be a good thing.
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I saw a tool on the RMATV site that looks to be made for dirt bike radiators. I need to order that bad boy!
@Danman1972 Жыл бұрын
@@SeatTime Will have to check that out. Be sure to check the review on it. After I finish cleaning up my old 300 I need to sell will be cleaning up an even older 450. Has a twisted rad. May do it... was planning on just sending it, but it has a matching twisted BPD guard. Need to call and see if they will swap it out.... Was their process easy?
@rogercrier9115 6 ай бұрын
To aneal aluminium alloy, cover the area that you are going to heat with a Sharpie pen and gently heat until the Sharpie ink vanishes
@SeatTime 6 ай бұрын
Tell us more. What’s the why behind found that?
@EarthSurferUSA Жыл бұрын
Just by looking at the vid sample a bit, reminds me of me trying to solder a radiator when I was a kid, with a propane torch and solder wire. I am putting the heat to it, and the heat went into the radiator, and solder started raining out of the surrounding sealed joints. :(
@UltraSS-nj8kd Жыл бұрын
So the good guards are like 200 bucks. So more worth it to just use the plastic stock guards and beat one out /buy a new one? Or is there a guard or inbetween you might suggest?
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
You can fix a radiator, yes. But if you crash and it gets a leak while out on the trail, it could be a long push or tow strap ride back. That's why I like the comfort of a burly radiator guard, extra protection against crashes and blowing up a bike.
@UltraSS-nj8kd Жыл бұрын
@@SeatTime that's true 👍🏻 appricate it
@SeatTime Жыл бұрын
🤘🏻🤙🏻⚡️
@Danman1972 Жыл бұрын
Survivability is the key. I have twisted one of the rads with a bullet proof designs on it. It hurt! Glad I was able to pick up the bike and finish the race. I've not sent in the guards and done this process. Need to test the "life time thing". I bought the bike in 06 and put the guards on it.
@Creeper-m9 Жыл бұрын
I have braces and hit a log hard on one radiator. If I didn’t have braces the radiator probably would have been hanging off. Only had to fix the hose and rode it out. Rad needs repair but saved my ass anyhow. Plus I drop my bike a lot and the braces were very much worth every penny
bk23_rider
Рет қаралды 3,3 М.
NOURSEPOWER
Рет қаралды 10 М.