I'm not a body shop guy, but in the past, for "down and dirty" work, we
would just hook a chain to the mount, the other end to a tree and back the
truck up. This is a "poor man's" straightening technic.
Moose
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
Jorge Garcia <fortee9er@yahoo.com>
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[Shop-talk] amateur body work
Hi Guys,
I have a 1998 GMC Safari (same as Chevy Astro) that was in pretty good
shape until my son decided to butt heads with an immovable object. I have
stripped all the damaged body panels (hood, bumper&cover, grill, and one
fender) to asses the damage to the body structure and can only find that
the radiator support was kinked inwards less than one inch. While this
doesn't sound very bad it does throw off the alignment of the front fender
(pass side). The Safari/Astro use unibody construction and the radiator
support panel is a substantial piece of metal. Specially the horizontal
piece at the top where the damage is. This part is boxed and gaining
access behind the damaged area is nearly impossible without removing a LOT
of junk. Do you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks
Jorge
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