tank dent removal.

[supergrafx]

I bet you got the throttle cable pinched or routed in the wrong place when the tank went back on, or maybe even changed the shape of the tank enough to interfere with the cable.
So maybe it didn't crash itself, after all.
Do the cables go above or below the front rubber tank mounts?

I talked to the guy that fixed my bike last night and he didn't touch the throttle cable and left it as it was originally placed by the PO. Just the night after posting about those problems, I took a look at the wiring routing diagram in the gs550 service manuel per your advice and can see what you were saying about the harness and all cables for that matter (throttle, clutch, return), not be routed where the diagram shows and buggered up as well. I got two gs1000s cables coming from flatout right now and am going to start lining a spare wire harness I luckily have in the correct fashion stated by the manual (many wires on the harness have been burned!!!). Once things are in place I'm going to revive the thread with questions on connecting the cables, ect... Underneath the tank, the hollow around the frame, is completely sound except for some surface rust. I see that the tank rubbing against the throttle was most likely to blame since there are golden rusty streaking marks along the throttle cable rubber outer hosing that was produced by the rust underneath the tank which it was rubbing against. Not to jack this thread, just posting reply... Great thread btw.

[Buffalo Bill]

This did not work.

I tried gluing (JB Weld Epoxy), on a drywall screw to the bottom of the dent, waited 2 days for a full cure. It pulled off at about 30 lbs of force.

I guess I will just have to cover it with Bondo.

[Clone]

so i finally got some pictures of my dent. any suggestions on removing it?

without a $60 spoon that is?

That dent is way too big to use the canned air on. You could probably pull it out with a dent-king or a homemade equivalent, but you will need to do some filling and sanding to finish it up. I sincerely hope that you caught and kicked the crap out of the clown who dented your tank like that.

[Hammered]

http://www.tvproducts4less.com/ding-king.html?c=1&kw=dent%20removal%20kit

These have worked for me in the past. As long as the bent doesnt have a crrimp or crease in it, these work fine. And under $20 if it doesnt.

[Buffalo Bill]

Real bad tank dents?

For real bad tank dents, you got nothing to loose. Neatly as possible cut an access hole through the underside of the tank, (to keep it out of site) and hammer out the dent from the inside. Weld shut the access hole.