Slide Hammers
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Slide Hammers
I need to remove some minor dents from my frame before powder coat. Do slide hammers just use regular screws when removing dents...or are they special screws? What size slide hammer to you recommend? I am referring to dents which I cannot get access to from behind...so I can't use a hammer and dolly on these dents.
Melting Slicks
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I need to remove some minor dents from my frame before powder coat. Do slide hammers just use regular screws when removing dents...or are they special screws? What size slide hammer to you recommend? I am referring to dents which I cannot get access to from behind...so I can't use a hammer and dolly on these dents.
Le Mans Master
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From: Seattle Area WA
If you plan on using a slide hammer, I'd suggest renting or borrowing a stud welding gun so you aren't drilling a bunch of holes in your frame. Pull the dents and grind off the studs. What is nice with these is that you can lay down a bunch of them in an area and pull it out very clean.
Melting Slicks
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From: Lake Ozark, MO
I wouldn't want to slide hammer that area either. As posted above, JB weld will fill out the small "dents". Not sure how JB weld reacts to powder coat process but it works good with paint.
Instructor
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From: barkhamsted ct
brainbstorming...
a stud welder and bigger than normal stud, and a torch to heat up the area to be bent back, is my suggestion.
this assumes the frame is separate from the bnody, and that the stud welder is beefy enough for 1/8" thick metal. both major assumptions.
in my garage, i'd mig weld a stud that fit a slide hammer and use the torch with that, in lieu of the stud welder, as I dont got one.
-85% jimmy
this assumes the frame is separate from the bnody, and that the stud welder is beefy enough for 1/8" thick metal. both major assumptions.
in my garage, i'd mig weld a stud that fit a slide hammer and use the torch with that, in lieu of the stud welder, as I dont got one.
-85% jimmy
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That is what I thought at first... I believe he is working the frame. 
Slide hammer + Fiberglass = big holes 
Le Mans Master
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Don't drill when using a slide hammer
I need to remove some minor dents from my frame before powder coat. Do slide hammers just use regular screws when removing dents...or are they special screws? What size slide hammer to you recommend? I am referring to dents which I cannot get access to from behind...so I can't use a hammer and dolly on these dents.