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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
taking dents out of Birmabrights
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<blockquote data-quote="timetraveller" data-source="post: 23536" data-attributes="member: 456"><p>I'm no panel beater so there might be other who will reply to this who are more qualified than I am to give you the correct information on how to do this but I have done this successfully. If you search through your local tools catalogue, or perhaps ask among your friends,for a cheap panel beating set then you will find a kit of parts which consists of a series of solid steel dollies with varying radii and various hammers. It is possible to find part of the surface of one of the dollies which has just the correct radius to fit inside the mudguard. Hold the dolly inside the mudguard and with a hammer gently tap around the dent. I found that a lot of gentle taps was better than a few strong ones. It is possible to both shrink and stretch the aluminium and with a little patience, and not too much time, then you can get the dent to just about disappear totally. There will probably be a little bruising on the outside of the mudguard and I used a polishing mop to get rid of this. I might have been lucky but it was actually easier than I thought that it would be and as far as I could tell the trick is to use the correct curved dolly. As for the kink in he beaded edge then I suspect that that might be beyond my capabilies but once you have done the main part of the mudguard then it might be possible to see how to attack the beaded edge. Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="timetraveller, post: 23536, member: 456"] I'm no panel beater so there might be other who will reply to this who are more qualified than I am to give you the correct information on how to do this but I have done this successfully. If you search through your local tools catalogue, or perhaps ask among your friends,for a cheap panel beating set then you will find a kit of parts which consists of a series of solid steel dollies with varying radii and various hammers. It is possible to find part of the surface of one of the dollies which has just the correct radius to fit inside the mudguard. Hold the dolly inside the mudguard and with a hammer gently tap around the dent. I found that a lot of gentle taps was better than a few strong ones. It is possible to both shrink and stretch the aluminium and with a little patience, and not too much time, then you can get the dent to just about disappear totally. There will probably be a little bruising on the outside of the mudguard and I used a polishing mop to get rid of this. I might have been lucky but it was actually easier than I thought that it would be and as far as I could tell the trick is to use the correct curved dolly. As for the kink in he beaded edge then I suspect that that might be beyond my capabilies but once you have done the main part of the mudguard then it might be possible to see how to attack the beaded edge. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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