Ryan,
I was on a Triumph website where they suggest that for hail damage you could
heat up the area at the edge of the dint and it would pop out. Then
immediately apply a wet rag to the area. Naturally your paint is burnt.
I have not tried this, so . . . . . .
Randy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Chansler" <rchansl@attglobal.net>
To: "Ryan Sain" <rsain@gte.net>; "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 11:07 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Ding spots - covered by other sheet metal?
> Ryan,
> If they're not too deep you can do as Lee recommends and just fill them.
The
> old method of dent pulling is to drill a hole in the metal and put a screw
> in it and use a puller to pull the metal out. Then you have to fill the
> hole. The new method is to weld pins to the metal with a stud welder, pull
> out the dent with a puller, and then clip off pins. This new stud welder
is
> about $200 bucks so it may not be worth it for you to buy one just for one
> job. Look at the Eastwood site as Devin recommends and you can see the
stud
> welder.
> Not sure what the recommended maximum thickness is for body filler.
> Bob Chansler
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ryan Sain" <rsain@gte.net>
> To: "oletrucks" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2003 3:30 PM
> Subject: [oletrucks] Ding spots - covered by other sheet metal?
>
>
> > Well,
> >
> > Please look here:
> >
> > http://www.wsu.edu/~rsain/dingspots.jpg
> >
> > In this pic (not of my cab - but another list member's) I put some green
> > dots where I have a few small radial type dents. Given that all these
> spots
> > have a piece of sheet metal covering them on the opposite side of the
> cab -
> > how the %$^# am I supposed to hammer them out? Or do I?
> >
> > Should I just cut a little section out of the metal on the inside so I
> have
> > access then hammer away? Or should I simply fill em and forget em?
> >
> > None are bigger than .75" in diameter. The truck is a 59
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > - Ryan
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
>
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