1-5/8" OD STEEL 45, 90, 180 MANDREL PIPE TUBE THE ORIGINAL SWAN BEND 2.5" RADIUS

Description

MANDREL BENDS BY GBE MANDREL BENDING-Clackamas Oregon
Items sold are listed as
TUBING SIZE, BEND ANGLE, MATERIAL IN THE TITLE
ALL BENDS ARE IN 16 GAUGE
Sold by the
each
unless otherwise stated in the title
Use to make your own Intake Manifolds, Headers, Exhaust systems, Cold Air Intakes
Just measure, cut and weld! Make your own projects
Why buy from a "seller", when you can buy directly from the manufacturer here in the USA
ALL tube bends are sold based on current metal market prices
Straight portions (legs) are as follows +/- 1/2" 1-1/2"-2" bends= 4" legs 2-1/8"-2-3/4" Bends= 5" legs 3" Bends= 6" legs
All bends are not polished. They are straight from the bender.
All Bends are bent in Oregon, not overseas
FREE Shipping!
PAYMENT
We only accept payments through eBay Managed Payments
eBay Managed Payments accepts all major credit cards and PayPal for a safe and reliable buying experience
SHIPPING
All in stock orders are shipped for FREE via USPS, FEDEX, UPS to USA, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico
Tracking information is automatically updated once the order is shipped
Special or large orders can be inquired about to GBEMANDRELSALES@GMAIL
All orders are processed within 1 business day of payment
RETURNS
If you ordered the wrong part and wish to return it, you may do so at your expense. Original shipping fees will be deducted from refund
We have the right to refuse any return if damaged and cannot be resold
Buyers remourse (ordered by accident or found cheaper product) is not covered in any return
NOTICE REGARDING SHIPPING:
GBE Mandrel Bending has never signed up for Ebay's 4 day or free shipping program. When we create a new item, all 500+ of our items are then automatically setup for the 4 days or it's free program. After 4 years, Ebay is still automatically signing us up for it and therefore giving false negatives to our customers. If you have not received your item after 4 days, there is no recourse from this program. We have contacted Ebay about this and the only thing they will do is remove them from all of our items when we get complaints.
Also, the delivery companies such as FEDEX, UPS, DHL are overcharging us and our consumers when we all need lower pricing. Instead these companies have a "COVID" fee attached to anything over 24" in length and are taking LONGER than usual to deliver. The USPS is also stating to our customers that an item has arrived, but in reality has not. If you received a notice it was delivered and you have not received the item (s), please wait an additional 1-2 days for the delivery of your product. We have been finding out that USPS is falsifying delivery dates to make it seem like they are doing a good delivery date when in fact they are not.
Once the item(s) leave our facility, we have no way of knowing where your items are or when it will be delivered . The only thing we can do is track down the package just as you can.
Thank you for your understanding
GBE Mandrel Bending strives to give great quality and selection at an honest price. We are not "re-sellers" of overseas bends, Marman flanges, header flanges and gaskets. All mandrel bends are made by us and the flanges/gaskets, are made for us by 2 local companies from our drawings. We are also just a 3 person shop.
Due to Covid restrictions and the shipping crises in metals for our bends, header/intake flanges, gaskets and more, we unfortunately have had to change our prices over the last few months.
You may find one part at a certain price and a smaller tube more expensive during your search. This is caused by us buying new material at the new higher cost to us or that it is a more popular size that everyone in the country has bought out and is in high demand therefore boosting the cost dramatically.
Every time we buy more material to fill our bins, the cost keeps going up. We do not know if this will end before 2024 when we get a new President who cares about us all and the infrastructure that is currently out of control.
We have re-evaluated all of our 500+ parts and have changed our price schedule to reflect the uptick in prices. To try to keep our prices down, we have changed our prices on our end to make less profit but this means we have to sell 2x more just to break even every month. Unfortunately, this is not happening since our prices do actually reflect current metal prices, the raise in shipping costs and the 30% ebay charges us when we sell anything.
For instance, if you bought an item from us at our Clackamas Oregon location for 13.26, then you add shipping and the 30% markup from ebay that part now comes to 41.94 for us to make the same profit. Sucks huh? If you bought from us on the phone, then with the part plus shipping, it would then cost .26 saving you 9.68 in ebay fees alone.
Again, we are really trying to keep prices down, but the companies who put thier hands in our pockets make this venture more difficult day by day to survive.
Thank you for your purchases in the past and present!
Steve Stabler, President
GBE Mandrel Bending Inc.
What's the difference between 409L and 304 Stainless?
409L Stainless is considered "exhaust tubing" as it does not try to unbend itself when heated like 304 stainless does.
409L Stainless does not rust, but is magnetic due to less nickel in the material.
409L is not polishable.
304 Stainless is NOT considered exhaust tubing, but people use it because it looks "pretty" when polished.
When heated, 304 Stainless will "unbend" any bend by a minimum of 3 degrees and a maximum of 9 degrees.
304 is not magnetic, but tends to be slightly magnetic during and after the bending process. Don't know why, but it happens.
If you contact Magnaflow or Flowmaster and they sell stainless kits, they are made of 409L stainless and NOT 304 stainless because they know that 304 stainless will unbend itself once heated then the exhaust kit will not fit after the initial heating process of the exhaust. Then the customer complains about a non fitting exhaust and they will now have an upset customer for life.
Is my exhaust "piping" or tube? I am confused
Exhaust is not called "piping" as pipe is measured by using the inside diameter.
Tubing uses the outside measurement.
An "exhaust pipe" was commonly called so because tubing was not used in original exhaust systems 80+ years ago.
ALL exhaust systems use tubing and not pipe.
Pipe is used on plumbing in your home, natural gas lines, and depending on the wall thickness, and it is measured in "schedule".
Tubing is measured in gauge.
We at GBE Mandrel Bending bend TUBE