Tropic traveler
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« on: May 05, 2010, 07:28:33 PM » |
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As I progress in the '99 Valk fix up it appears that the biggest obstacle to fixin' her up real good is the dents in the gas tank. The dents I'm concerned about are fairly shallow & have not broken the paint. But they really detract from the looks of an otherwise real nice bike. What have any of you guys found? Dent on RH side is mostly on the silver, a little on the black.  Dent on LH side is just in front of the knee towards the rear of the tank.  There are 2 more small "tool drop" looking dents up on the LH top black paint that don't detract too bad. I could live with them. Any ideas I may be able to do myself?? |
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« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2010, 07:47:54 PM » |
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Why not try the DRY ICE method on the knee dent.
And let us know how it goes.
Engles grocery store has dry ice here.
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Tropic traveler
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« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2010, 08:17:40 PM » |
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Dry Ice method???? ??? What be that?  |
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'13 F6B black-the real new Valkyrie Tourer
'13 F6B red for Kim
'97 Valkyrie Tourer r&w, OLDFRT's ride now!
'98 Valkyrie Tourer burgundy & cream traded for Kim's F6B
'05 SS 750 traded for Kim's F6B
'99 Valkyrie black & silver Tourer, traded in on my F6B
'05 Triumph R3 gone but not forgotten!
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2010, 08:31:58 PM » |
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Just GOOGLE: Dry Ice Dent Removal. All kinds of info.
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« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2010, 08:41:09 PM » |
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it worked somewhat for me last year, but ran outa dry ice. will try again when the weather heats up enough.
i had a LARGE dent in the left side/top on mine, dry ice took out about 1/2 of it.
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« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2010, 01:00:54 AM » |
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I used this method on my gas tank. Workes good  I used two cans with ice spray.
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« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2010, 05:20:16 AM » |
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Interesting.. you say you used it on your gas tank.. is that a bike tank.. did you empty the tank first  recall |
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« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2010, 05:20:23 AM » |
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Another option would be to call around (or ride around, better) a few auto body shops, and ask about fixing a couple minor non-creased dents. These guys do it all the time and are good at it. (You can buy your own dent puller, but experience is helpful.) If they will not gouge you on price for a quick repair, this may be worth your while.
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« Reply #8 on: May 06, 2010, 06:58:47 AM » |
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yes, an I/S tank. almost empty(ran it to reserve). day was about 85-90 degree day. i let it sit in the sun(never thought about a hair dryer  ) |
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« Reply #9 on: May 06, 2010, 08:08:52 AM » |
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yes, an I/S tank. almost empty(ran it to reserve). day was about 85-90 degree day. i let it sit in the sun(never thought about a hair dryer ) Eddie, +1 on this technique but you have to have the gas pretty much out of the tank so the metal can heat up and, like the guy in the vid says, non-creased dents will show the most improvement. |
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2010, 03:07:23 PM » |
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If you can't get dry ice in your area, get a co2 tank, co2 is whats used to make dry ice
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2010, 06:35:59 PM » |
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I've used a "Ding King" sucessfully. Basically you use hot-melt glue to attach a special plastic pad to the dent then pull on the pad to pop the dent out.
You can also use this techinque with a long 1x1 or 2x2 piece of wood.
Otherwise, I look up one of the paintless dent repair franchises. They use special levers and spoons to ease out the dent without harming the paint.
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2010, 07:12:24 PM » |
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I spent an hour or two with dry ice, an air spray can, and a hair dryer on a half dollar sized dent in a tank with zero luck. I could actually hear the metal contracting sometimes, but the dent never popped out.
My next step was to do the hot glue thing with a slide hammer, but I sold the bike so that experiment never occurred.
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