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    fuel tank dent

    How does one gow about removing a dent from a fuel tank.....?

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    Depending on how bad...Go visit your local used car yard.
    I put a "knee impression" in my tank when I was putting spaces under the fork caps.
    Car dealer had a guy that spscalised in that sort of thing and called around and with suction and some special tools made a pretty good job. Value for money too as he did it for nicks!!

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    I spoke to paintless dent removal - who use that suction stuff - but they said they haven't had good results from fuel tanks because they are double lined etc...so yeah...and the panel beater I called said he doesn't normally do tanks and needs someone specialized.

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    Well dont worry too much about the dent, start whacking the top of the tank in making a good place to sit on, you're less likely to slide off when pulling spreaders and high chairs then...........
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    Quote Originally Posted by loosebruce
    Well dont worry too much about the dent, start whacking the top of the tank in making a good place to sit on, you're less likely to slide off when pulling spreaders and high chairs then...........

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    Please excuse my ignorance but can ya use air pressure to push the dent out? Or would ya need too much? Or could ya use a combinaton of pressure inside the tank with the suction thing on the outside?
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    Apparently the air pressure thing is used to push out dents in car gas tanks - but the guy i spoke to seemed to think motorcycle tanks were thicker....thus harder to do?

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    Highchair and some homo doin a spreader on the tank
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    Knew it had to be summat like that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Colapop
    Please excuse my ignorance but can ya use air pressure to push the dent out? Or would ya need too much? Or could ya use a combinaton of pressure inside the tank with the suction thing on the outside?
    NO , DONT!!! I have seen first hand the results of doing this, one very misshapen, bloated looking tank so NO, IT DOESNT WORK, [although youd think that it would]
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eurodave
    NO , DONT!!! I have seen first hand the results of doing this, one very misshapen, bloated looking tank so NO, IT DOESNT WORK, [although youd think that it would]
    OKee Dokee I won't -be good to know what does work though
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    The best results i have had(not that I have crashed that often ) is weld a bent washer to the center of the dent and use a slide hammer to pull the dent out, you will never get it out perfect(nothing some filler cant fix), and it will have to be resprayed, but as far as i know its the only way...

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    ... but hopefully it just pops back to the right shape? What do ya do about the heat from the weld (petrol and all that)? Obviously you'd empty the tank, is that enough?
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    it's being repsprayed - the main reason I want it gone(the dent) - that weld option is also what the paintless dent guy suggested.

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    Best results are to cut a big hole in the bottom of the tank(along a seam is best) then (take it to a pro panel beater unless you are good) panelbeat the dent out in the usual panel bashing way. then weld up the bottom of the tank (noone sees the bottom). This worked OK on the old Briddish flatbottom tanks, dunno about modern sculted jobs
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