Oil cooler RGS repair?

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Before I what to do with my old oil cooler I wonder if it can be repaired, the oil lines sheared in it,Alan said( you) Clem/Keith might have the relevant skills extracting pipework or anyone else as it seems  as they are harrd to get hold of.

Shaun
 
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Yes I know though think its diff on a 180 Keith, got another on bike want to try and save my old one though.

Cheers Shaun
 
One of the entry/exit pipes has sheared flush with the cooler body on Shaun's original cooler. I seem to recall that Clem said he could repair them - and I'll hopefully see him on Sunday to confirm - but all suggestions for an effective repair will be gratefully received!
I fitted a good used cooler during the refurb of Shaun's bike, so he doesn't really need another, just the original one repairing to keep 'on the shelf' ;)

Alan :)
 
just done another, and I will bring it with me to the AGM, so you can all look at it, I might even sell it with part exchange on the duff one !
CLEM
 
Thanks Clem want me to bring the duff one up to see?

Shaun
 
well I took it to the AGM to show to Lemon and the boys, but the coooler that I have repaired is a "big nut" type as fitted to SFC and Corsa, which I wrongly assumed were also fitted to later RGA/RGS.They are not, the type that Shawn needs repairing have the small bore aluminium tubes with only about half an inch of tube left poking out of the coooler.very hard to repair, and I would'nt like to try it.

As an aside Shawn, what you should have done in order to get those rubber pipes off the aluminium tube, was soak them with hair spray, needs not be L'oreal or Harmony any old cheap pound per pot Essex type will do, just squirt and wait, realy good at getting seemingly stuck rubber bits away from metal.
CLEM
 
Thanks for your help Clem and great tip ,love those" this will do it' tips.

Shaun
 
Shaun,

If nothing else helps, you can send me the cooler and I'll have it welded locally by laser.  Excellent quality and quite affordable.  Guy used to earn his money welding Toyota F1 radiators and oil coolers.  

piet
 
well Ian, it was my mums hair spray, and she was watching me struggle to get a handlbar grip unstuck and removed on a field bike when I was about 8 years old, not having any money I did not ant to cut it and ruin it, it just had to go back on later, and mum said...."what you need on that lad is a bit of my hairspray" so I stood back and she squirted the can, and then the thing just slid off! dont ask me how she knew, I was never told, but her hair always did, and still does (at 83 years old) look fantastic, she can still tuck her hair into her trouser belt , but she is now,never seen out of the house with it "down", says it  makes her look like  a witch.
CLEM
 
Kinda scary spraying solvents like that on yourself, even if it's only on hair. Stuff like that usually has all sorts of horrible toxicity problems. When I think about what chemicals I exposed myself to when I was young  :o still here though, couldn't really be dangerous after all :-X

Ken
 
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