Thanks for the ideas folks. A buddy just bought a stud welder so I'll give
that a shot.
As for heating the metal, I'll check into that idea - I've heard of running
a grinder with a soft backed sanding disk to do this as well - worked on my
El Camino for one dent - the others it wasn't successful on. And she's bare
metal so I don't need to worry about burning the paint.
Thanks again -
- Ryan
On 9/19/03 6:48 AM, "Randall J. Krebs" <lawgod@offshore-tax.com> wrote:
> 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
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>>
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