Pipe Beading Tool (Intercooler Pipe Beading)

[Bluterus]

Hey guys I've recently been mounting my intercooler on my KE70. I bought a universal piping kit from ebay that has 2 of everything. Now most of them are too long and need cutting down.
So I searched around for a pipe beading tool and the cheapest was like $140 which I can't warrant for minimal use. I searched on here and found nothing but a google search revealed a few sites showing this easy DIY tool. I know how most of us on here love DIY and saving money doing home jobs of anything we can.

So all you need is:
1 Pair of Vice Grips
1 Large Washer
1 Exhaust clamp to the size pipe you have

Photos from some site performance forums.





I made a set myself it is a pain in the butt to use them. You just close them and re open them all the way around. Takes between 5-10mins each. Still it cost me $0 since I had all the bits laying around.

[matt99]

Is that an example of one of yours in the last picture? Because thats good shit. Do like.

[Bluterus]

Nah nah thats the guy from the other site but mine was pretty much identical except I did mine further down. Works a treat though!

[ae71]

nice idea for alloy piping!

[Bluterus]

Hells yeah I chopped mine then was just going to do up the hose clamps real tight but then thought that they might blow off so on my google adventures found this handy DIY.

[willa]

Win.

[Panda BVB700]

pretty cool tool..................... but all the same ill just run beads around the end of the pipe

[Bluterus]

Yeah but what if you don't have a beading tool like me?

On ebay and at shops its like $150 cheapest I could find for a beading tool. I've got one at work but its too large the smallest wheel is 5" diameter. So as a cheap alternative this is the best costing No more than $10 and a bit of elbow grease.

[Panda BVB700]

^ cant argue with that ...........but what i was trying to say though is just run some weld lines at the end of the piping does the job awesome and is a lot easier when you working with thicker material

[sundee]

yeah Tig a nice line if you have one.

but end result with that thing looks great