Dent removal from factory muffler?

[Nessism]

Unbelievable story but some guy gave me, as in for free, a 1980 GS1000S exhaust system. It's in very good condition, with a few small scratches here and there, except for one unsightly dent. I tried to pull out the dent with one of those hot melt dent pullers, and even tried epoxy glue to attach a different type of puller, but the adhesive won't stick to the shiny metal. It also wouldn't be easy to get behind the dent unless the end cap inside the muffler was cut out.

Any one have any good ideas?

[azr]

Someone gave you that set for free???????? what kind of carma is that?? there's a guy that's local here that blows them out with heat and compressed air. He says it works well but can leave a heat mark.

[crazypaint]

find a oldtimer bodyman that lives where there is some hail. most of them can use a torch to pop out hail damage and it dosent even effect the paint.

[Adler]

wow, now that is motivation for me to polish mine! SHINY!!!

[Nessism]

Someone gave you that set for free???????? what kind of carma is that?? there's a guy that's local here that blows them out with heat and compressed air. He says it works well but can leave a heat mark.

Yes, FREE! Super rare GS part - one year only.

[rustybronco]

WOW those look excellent!

have you checked into spot chroming yet? then you could use a stud welder to remove it.

[Greg B]

Try heating and slapping an ice cold wet rag on it. Might pop it out. If you have a heat gun, I'd try that first before a torch.

[Sparky]

Ive seen a dent popped out by heating the metal with a heat gun then spraying that canned air stuff that you use to clean keyboards and such on the dent, but turn the can upside down and it will spray the liquid nitrogen (?) and freeze it, then let it warm back up on its own. I dont know that it would work on that but its worth a shot I guess. Personally if I got that for free Id deal with the dent lol

[hampshirehog]

You jammy beggar - not many of those around.

Can you get an L shaped bar (big allen key?) in from behind, inserted in through the tail of the silencer? If you can you could jerryrig a lever point and either push it or tap it back.

[Dave8338]

ED...you suck ant bags!

Paintless will be your best bet. Tough to get those guys to work on ANYTHING MC related. Guess they fear the replacement cost IF they screw it up. Been trying to get the guys here at work to do a small dent in the tank of my GS for YEARS. They won't bite.

Maybe I'm too fussy.



SWEET SCORE!!!

[Nessism]

I'm going to try the heating/cold trick tonight but the metal is quite thick so that's a long shot I think. Regarding getting behind the dent, I think that would require cutting out the muffler end cap...which is possible but not easy.

Thanks for all the ideas and please keep them coming!

[chuck hahn]

AZR..Its the same karma that comes along when you pass up a 78 1000E ORIGINAL skunk and call a buddy and secure it for him..then 2 months later i find one for myself just 5 miles away from where i found the first one!! Yup Ed is an awesome man and helps as much as anyone so i say that karma has come to pay him his dividends. Your day will come soon enough too my friend!!