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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
taking dents out of Birmabrights
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<blockquote data-quote="davidd" data-source="post: 23543" data-attributes="member: 1177"><p>I suspect the mudguard is has not hardened too much to fix it. I would make a wooden mallet or shape on that has a small sphere much smaller than the curve of the guard if the crease is sharp, larger sphere if there is just a general deformation. Buy a bag of sand and lay a shop cloth on the bag (shape the area by pounding it with your fist) and beat on the underside of the mudguard until the dent is generally gone. Take a small fine file and run it over the other side and you will see high spots and low spots. Keep working the low spots out (you may have to reshape the mallet end smaller or sand down the end of a wooden stick and use it like a punch). If you end up with a few high spots on the outside, use a flat hammer on the outside using the hammer end as a dolly on the inside. Just work away until you are happy. Sand the outside with fine to very fine sandpaper such as 800 and go up to 1500 if you can, then buff and polish.</p><p> </p><p>Just take your time and work gently until you can see how much metal you are moving as you work.</p><p> </p><p>I do not think that you can easily do anything about the lip except to straighten everything and it should not be that prominent. There are many specialized tools, but what I have described should do the trick.</p><p> </p><p>David</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="davidd, post: 23543, member: 1177"] I suspect the mudguard is has not hardened too much to fix it. I would make a wooden mallet or shape on that has a small sphere much smaller than the curve of the guard if the crease is sharp, larger sphere if there is just a general deformation. Buy a bag of sand and lay a shop cloth on the bag (shape the area by pounding it with your fist) and beat on the underside of the mudguard until the dent is generally gone. Take a small fine file and run it over the other side and you will see high spots and low spots. Keep working the low spots out (you may have to reshape the mallet end smaller or sand down the end of a wooden stick and use it like a punch). If you end up with a few high spots on the outside, use a flat hammer on the outside using the hammer end as a dolly on the inside. Just work away until you are happy. Sand the outside with fine to very fine sandpaper such as 800 and go up to 1500 if you can, then buff and polish. Just take your time and work gently until you can see how much metal you are moving as you work. I do not think that you can easily do anything about the lip except to straighten everything and it should not be that prominent. There are many specialized tools, but what I have described should do the trick. David [/QUOTE]
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