Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:35:38 -0500, wrote:

Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??

If not, they're only $28.16USD at Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/mto746a

Or, if you're as tighta...er, frugal as I am, I'd see if I could
borrow one from a plumber for a six-pack of his favorite beverage or
something. I hate to have to buy a tool for a one-off situation, but
if it's for a recurring situation, I'm somewhat more happy to make the
investment. HF provides one-off tools at a price I can live with. And
I'm still hammering and prying on that old vise I bought in '76,
during my first visit to my first HF store. Four decades next year!
the vise jaws open wide enough to act as a press for installing
u-joints, and I've done a few on that beastie.

--
Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because
we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable,
when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.
-- Susan Rice

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:35:38 -0500, wrote:

Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??

I dont think Ive ever seen one, or recognized it if I did. Sorry

Gunner

"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child,
miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied,
demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless.
Liberalism is a philosophy of sniveling brats."
PJ O'Rourke

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:32:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:35:38 -0500, wrote:

Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??

If not, they're only $28.16USD at Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/mto746a

Or, if you're as tighta...er, frugal as I am, I'd see if I could
borrow one from a plumber for a six-pack of his favorite beverage or
something. I hate to have to buy a tool for a one-off situation, but
if it's for a recurring situation, I'm somewhat more happy to make the
investment. HF provides one-off tools at a price I can live with. And
I'm still hammering and prying on that old vise I bought in '76,
during my first visit to my first HF store. Four decades next year!
the vise jaws open wide enough to act as a press for installing
u-joints, and I've done a few on that beastie.

I bought a cheap almost useless bench vice from an auto-parts store in
Fling Michigan a number of years back to change the rear "U" joint on
the Aerostar.Couldn't get the bolts out of the diff flange, and only
one bearing set had been damaged (garage had installed new "U" joint
while I was out of country, in preparation for the trip, and had not
seated the one snap ring properly - and it came out on the highway) I
bought a new joint and the vice and pressed the new bearing in, lying
on my back under the van , one rear wheel on the curb, and the vice on
my chest!!!
The only time I ever went anywhere without my tools - friday of the
labor day weekend, and nobody in Flint had any decent metric
wrenches!!!!!

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:49:18 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:32:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:35:38 -0500, wrote:

Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??

If not, they're only $28.16USD at Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/mto746a

Or, if you're as tighta...er, frugal as I am, I'd see if I could
borrow one from a plumber for a six-pack of his favorite beverage or
something. I hate to have to buy a tool for a one-off situation, but
if it's for a recurring situation, I'm somewhat more happy to make the
investment. HF provides one-off tools at a price I can live with. And
I'm still hammering and prying on that old vise I bought in '76,
during my first visit to my first HF store. Four decades next year!
the vise jaws open wide enough to act as a press for installing
u-joints, and I've done a few on that beastie.

I bought a cheap almost useless bench vice from an auto-parts store in
Fling Michigan a number of years back to change the rear "U" joint on
the Aerostar.Couldn't get the bolts out of the diff flange, and only
one bearing set had been damaged (garage had installed new "U" joint
while I was out of country, in preparation for the trip, and had not
seated the one snap ring properly - and it came out on the highway) I
bought a new joint and the vice and pressed the new bearing in, lying
on my back under the van , one rear wheel on the curb, and the vice on
my chest!!!
The only time I ever went anywhere without my tools - friday of the
labor day weekend, and nobody in Flint had any decent metric
wrenches!!!!!

Whenever I had to change a u-joint, I packed it with long fiber
grease, the super sticky kind. Never lost a needle after that.
I'd quickly replace it with newer severe-duty grease when I got where
I was going. that old stuff wasn't all that great. BUT, you cannot
even BUY that stuff at the auto parts store any more (the closest
being marine wheelbearing grease.)

Ah, the good old days...

--
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.
-- Stephanie Barron
(Something for the Powers That Be to remember, eh?)

On 18/01/15 21:38, Larry Jaques wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 15:49:18 -0500, wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 07:32:00 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 00:35:38 -0500, wrote:

Any of you fine fellers got a tube beader , something like a parker or
an earl's ez-beader for 3/8" tube they don't need any more and would
sell cheap?? The earls unit is the 008ERL.

How 'bout it Gunner? anything floating around??
If not, they're only $28.16USD at Amazon.
http://tinyurl.com/mto746a

Or, if you're as tighta...er, frugal as I am, I'd see if I could
borrow one from a plumber for a six-pack of his favorite beverage or
something. I hate to have to buy a tool for a one-off situation, but
if it's for a recurring situation, I'm somewhat more happy to make the
investment. HF provides one-off tools at a price I can live with. And
I'm still hammering and prying on that old vise I bought in '76,
during my first visit to my first HF store. Four decades next year!
the vise jaws open wide enough to act as a press for installing
u-joints, and I've done a few on that beastie.
I bought a cheap almost useless bench vice from an auto-parts store in
Fling Michigan a number of years back to change the rear "U" joint on
the Aerostar.Couldn't get the bolts out of the diff flange, and only
one bearing set had been damaged (garage had installed new "U" joint
while I was out of country, in preparation for the trip, and had not
seated the one snap ring properly - and it came out on the highway) I
bought a new joint and the vice and pressed the new bearing in, lying
on my back under the van , one rear wheel on the curb, and the vice on
my chest!!!
The only time I ever went anywhere without my tools - friday of the
labor day weekend, and nobody in Flint had any decent metric
wrenches!!!!!
Whenever I had to change a u-joint, I packed it with long fiber
grease, the super sticky kind. Never lost a needle after that.
I'd quickly replace it with newer severe-duty grease when I got where
I was going. that old stuff wasn't all that great. BUT, you cannot
even BUY that stuff at the auto parts store any more (the closest
being marine wheelbearing grease.)

Ah, the good old days...
I use Castrol Spheerol SX2 and that is a noticeably sticky grease, see
http://www.opieoils.co.uk/p-77372-ca...ex-grease.aspx
, I use it as a mould release for refractory castables but its main
thing is as a durable grease in marine environments. Wurth HHS2000 spray
oil is also similarly sticky and I use that for the same purpose, which
one gets used depends on precise location.



--
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake.
-- Stephanie Barron
(Something for the Powers That Be to remember, eh?)