Yes and I have been told that on a really hot day you can put dry ice on small
dents and they would pop
out but I have not tried that either.
On my 55 TF I took the dome light assembly out and used a tool from the
repair shop that does the
hail damage repair and reached a couple of the dents and pushed out part of
them but still had to use
filler to get it smmoth. Deacon
"Randall J. Krebs" 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
> > > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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> >
>
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