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Old 02-06-2012, 09:20 PM
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Default Bending fuel injector lines

There's only about 1/2" clearance between my #2 injector line and the top of my cowl. There's less clearance between the baffle aluminum and the cowl in that area, and I don't see any evidence that either the baffle or injector line is hitting the cowl, but would still feel better with more clearance on the injector line.

I have 100 hours on the airplane now--would be permissible to bend the injector line now, or is it work hardened?

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Old 02-06-2012, 09:28 PM
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Found some good info here:
http://www.lycoming.com/support/publ...dfs/SB342F.pdf

Apparently 5/8" is the minimum bend radius for these lines. I'm guessing since the SB says bent lines can be straightened, it's probably okay to add a little more bend.

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