What about using one of the weld on pullers that are sold by Eastwood. The
gun welds a stick into the dent, and you use a puller to take out the dent.
The stick breaks off when wiggled sideways.
Bob Kramer, Austin TX
Hill Country Triumph Club
TR6's, TR250's, TR3A vintage race
rgk@flash.net
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>On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Hutmacher, Greg wrote:
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>> How are dents removed from an original bumper that is to be re-chromed?
I
>> have an original with a small dent that I was going to replace with a new
>> bumper.
>
>If it's a "real" 76 bumper - good luck! Depends on where the dent is. 75
>and 76 TR6's had a freakin beam-o-steel in the bumper, and the repair
>would require grinding out the reinforcement to get to the dents. This
>presumes that the dent is in the "middle". If it is on the ends, you
>might be able to knock 'em out much like you would repair a fender, er
>ahem, wing. There's also the possibility of drilling the bumper, pulling
>the dent and then welding things up.
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