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Aug 8, 2008 | 04:40 PM

My70

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Dented cross member

My cross member is dented (possibly by a floor jack?)

Anyway to repair this ?

Thanks

Aug 8, 2008 | 05:29 PM

Durango_Boy

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Originally Posted by My70

My cross member is dented (possibly by a floor jack?)

Anyway to repair this ?

Thanks

I have seen a few guys that have used a grinder to cut of the dented plate, and they either pound the old plate back out or they replace it with a new fabricated plate. I don't know if anyone makes them or not.

Aug 8, 2008 | 05:37 PM

78Vette-SA

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There is a crossmember dent removal kit I have seen that goes in from the side and knocks the dents out. You have to remove the front coil springs to get it in from both sides though.

http://www.volvette.com/TL80.html

Aug 9, 2008 | 02:36 AM

martinsw

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CF member Greg had a dent removal tool that I used - worked pretty good, cost to use was only about $28 or so. Saved from buying a tool for $150+ that you only use once....

Aug 9, 2008 | 09:47 AM

My70

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CF member Greg had a dent removal tool that I used - worked pretty good, cost to use was only about $28 or so. Saved from buying a tool for $150+ that you only use once....

Any pics of tool or procedure? Thanks

Aug 9, 2008 | 10:46 AM

Duke94

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Any pics of tool or procedure? Thanks

Here's the thread from Greg on how to do it, but the pictures are gone. Maybe Greg can repost them.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...s+removal+dent

Aug 9, 2008 | 01:55 PM

Alan 71

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70,
I talked to the fellow ,Terry, who makes the cross-member dent removal tool. He's a nice guy and the tool works. Maybe a year ago there was one that was being sent from member to member.
I think the spring on just 1 side needs to come off in order to get the tool in position inside the cross member.
Regards,
Alan

Aug 9, 2008 | 03:06 PM

martinsw

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Here's the thread from Greg on how to do it, but the pictures are gone. Maybe Greg can repost them.
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...s+removal+dent

Actually on page two (post 35) of the post linked above, there is a picture of what the tool looks like....
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...3&postcount=35