Repairing a pinhole leak on a hydraulic line

[@Mark-079er]

Nice work considering the hyd tubing was contaminated with oil inside. You would of thought after seeing the previous weld that they would have run to a local hydraulic shop and had them bend another 1" hyd tubing and fittings? 200-300 bucks? and be done with it.

[@scrapmanindustries]

I took it to the one shop we have around here and they said it would be hard to bend steel as complex as that is.

[@engjds]

Yeah, had jobs that should take a minute or so and ended up ages fixing blowed holes, only other possibility were be to clamp a cut pipe over the weakened part with a larger diameter and weld that, but I'd prefer to just get a new pipe bent, sure there are shops that could achieve that fast, just need to find that right craftsman in your area. Still, good quick fix!

[@scrapmanindustries]

Thanks. I actually checked with the go-to hydraulic shop in the area on my way out to go install this part. they said it would be too hard for them to try and bend it. I don't have my own bender nor do I have the space for one currently. If I did there would be a lot of things I'd be doing with it that no one else seems to really be doing in this area.

[@engjds]

@@scrapmanindustries Not sure you would need a bender, cant you just pack it with sand, heat it up in a small forge and bend it by hand?