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dent puller

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I have a smallish dent on the right side of my tank, looks like a knee. Anyone used one of those Dent Kings? I'm thinking I might try it.
 
TheBigRed said:
Let me know how it works..

Amos
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Amos,
I'll let everyone know. I'll take pictures too. you can barely see the dent on picture #2 on my webs site, right up by the seat. Picture #5 it's hidden in the reflection. You can see it pretty clearly in #6
 
Hmm.. interesting,

As that is about the exact location of the dent I've got in the tank of the 650.

Amos
 
TheBigRed said:
Hmm.. interesting,

As that is about the exact location of the dent I've got in the tank of the 650.

Amos
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Is that a knee? It's right where my knee is.
 
Hi compressed air could work well for you.
you need access to high pressure air,I did a tank for an old rd350.
I stuck the airgun in to the gas cap hole and sealed it with a rag.
Slowly increase the pressure and if your'e lucky it will pop out.
Sometimes having a buddy who can tap the surrounding area of the dent with a mallet will help.
You shake lose the molecules in the metal,being a dent the material has been stretched and taping will release the tension.
Mike
 
mikey said:
Hi compressed air could work well for you.
you need access to high pressure air,I did a tank for an old rd350.
I stuck the airgun in to the gas cap hole and sealed it with a rag.
Slowly increase the pressure and if your'e lucky it will pop out.
Sometimes having a buddy who can tap the surrounding area of the dent with a mallet will help.
You shake lose the molecules in the metal,being a dent the material has been stretched and taping will release the tension.
Mike
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Good idea! Just be sure to empty the tank and/or close the petcock well first! :D :D

Michael
 
Whatever you do, don't pressurize the tank. Yes you'll get rid of the dent, but you'll also spread the front of the tank apart so far that it won't sit on the rubbers anymore. Trust me on this one, GS tanks can't be pressurized.....
 
Don't bother with the dent king, the best thing to use for this problem is a welding stud puller gimmick, sorry forgeot the technical name, they run about 100 dollars at harbor freight tools. www.harborfreight.com Simply weldon a stud and use as a dent puller then grind down to surface and repaint. Or just live with it.
 
I've heard that those "ding kings" are a complete waste of time and money...

I think Harbor freight has the stud welder on sale right now for $89 ... at least they did recently.

Steve 8)
 
Dent Wizard did wonders on my car. They are definetly not a complete waste of time or money. I don't know how well it would work on a motorcycle tank though.
 
dedfish said:
Dent Wizard did wonders on my car. They are definetly not a complete waste of time or money. I don't know how well it would work on a motorcycle tank though.
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One of the car magazines tested the product and said it failed miserably, but your experience certainly proves that you can never tell ... by the way, I also read or heard somewhere that if you use oil instead of water or hot glue under the suction cup you'll get the advantage of the glue suction-wise but it will be easier to remove (assuming it doesn't "pop" the way some of the TV examples did).

It would be interesting to hear more detail regarding the stuff you did to your car, dedfish.

Regards,
Steve 8)
 
I'm talking about a professional dent repair service, not a "as seen on tv" toy. Sorry for any confusion. I wouldn't trust or even waste my money on a suction cup toy. The professional paintless dent repair places use a long metal rod to fish between your car panels to push from the dent out from the inside as part of their process.
 
I got a ding king a few months ago for like $5 (I figured why not) and I just tested it finally on a dent in my tank, and it pulled the dent out about 95%... it all depends on the dent though
 
Never use air pressure on your fuel tank. Especially on an old bike.
It is a very good way to blow out seams and make a leaker of it.
And like HiSPL said, it can spread your mounting areas. Bad idea.

My auto mechanic says those dent puller gizmo's all work at varying
degrees but he did say that the ones that use the hot melt glue sticks
will oft times remove paint if it isn't on there really good. He uses a suction
cup model with good success on these types of dents.
 
spots25 said:
I got a ding king a few months ago for like $5 (I figured why not) and I just tested it finally on a dent in my tank, and it pulled the dent out about 95%... it all depends on the dent though
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Where did you get it for $5. One of my students told me CVS and Wallgreens will have them for $9.99 occasionaly
 
Am I the only one that knows the dry ice trick?

heat up the dent with something. A heat gun works well. then plop a big chunk of dry ice on it, and hold it a bit.

Repeat, if necessary.

POP! no dent.
 
Dark Jedi said:
Am I the only one that knows the dry ice trick?

heat up the dent with something. A heat gun works well. then plop a big chunk of dry ice on it, and hold it a bit.

Repeat, if necessary.

POP! no dent.
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If only dry ice were a little more available. Personally I've only ever worked with it at one place, and it is down the street from where I'm working now. If I knew they hadn't changed stuff around I could just about walk in and get some. However, I'm not that way.

Oh, well.

Amos
 
TheBigRed said:
Dark Jedi said:
Am I the only one that knows the dry ice trick?

heat up the dent with something. A heat gun works well. then plop a big chunk of dry ice on it, and hold it a bit.

Repeat, if necessary.

POP! no dent.
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If only dry ice were a little more available. Personally I've only ever worked with it at one place, and it is down the street from where I'm working now. If I knew they hadn't changed stuff around I could just about walk in and get some. However, I'm not that way.

Oh, well.

Amos
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Just slip it into your pocket Amos and walk out :)

You can always put it back when you done with it then :)
 
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