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Dry ice it then heat it.
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if you try heat you risk making the stainless brittle and headers are anealed a form of stress relieving after welding
i dont recommend it as a metal man if you do decide to use heat do not heat past the metal being golden umber in color anything past that leaches the nickle and chromium out of the stainless releasing all of the metals inherent properties you might try drilling a very small hole and using a self tapping screw to pull the dent out then tig weld the holes closed purge the inside of the tube being welded with pure argon then pressure test the weld with water not air to see if its sound no matter how you slice unless you have the capacity to do the work yourself its going to be expensive good luck PS WJB21 also had a GOOD IDEA even better than mine tig a rod on and use the rod as a slide hammer no welding needed mind the heat though, thats still valid might even work without the extra heat |
I would call CMI or email them the picture and get a price.
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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Jake
(Post 3298489)
I would call CMI or email them the picture and get a price.
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C. deezy was right about slice and weld. Been there,done it.
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Originally Posted by fourplaydave69
(Post 3299692)
C. deezy was right about slice and weld. Been there,done it.
stud gunning it (the method of welding the rod on) is pretty specific to very small dents and can work but these look a little large for that. The problem is it will sort of stretch and pyramid the metal on larger dents making the surface even worse. Dents do not "pop" out when trying to repair them, the metal has to be worked back to its original shape. The metal has been stretched to form the dent and stud gunning can stretch it even further. Are we looking at two dents on that tube, one by the seam and another further down the bend? |
Send them back to CMI they can fix them and the work will be correct,we just had some sport tubes fixed with dents and they look like new now 2c
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