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Im sure there is some way in removing a dent within a gastank, I know it will
never be absolutly perfect but here is an image of the dent. Would this be
too hard to remove and how would I go about doing so.

I plan on having it painted so im not worried about the paint issue.



Thanks guys

Thasty

Ill bump it for ya...

Want to know if its possible to get the dent out also. Buddy had a keg thrown at his, right where ure ***** would be on the tank, big dent. I do believe u need a new tank tho.

dennis

I've got a dent in mine. The first time I "repaired", I filled it with fiberglass resin and sanded to shape. It looked good until it got to about freezing in my garage and it cracked due to expansion (or was it the other way around?).

Either way, I don't recommend that for a deep dent. Next time I repair it, I'm going to weld a rod on there and try to pull it out and fiberglass/sand from there.

I'm open to other ideas though.

before - kind of hard to tell (front left hand corner of tank):


after - primed and ready for paint:

shinra

bondo.

RiceCrusher

bondo is a lot weaker and more brittle then fiberglass, so deffenatly go fiberglass i have some exp with it on my truck im building but you may want to try and fill that by welding a little bit then fiberglass over the top as a finish.
You could aslso try a mat fiberglass witch is about twice as strong as using fiberglass out of a can with a hardner very messin and hard to work with my reccomended, thats what i would do

Lance C

i say just bondo it....
cheapest, quickest, easiest solution. your jsut gonna paint over it and nobody but you will tell that its there (assumeing you do a good job)

SLATER97EX

Get some 8th inch steel dowel and make yourself some dent poppers of various angle (similar to dent wizzard tools), and push the dent out as much as you can, then bondo and sand it. Welding onto a gas tank would be pretty ballsy, plus that would involve more work in the long run.

tonydatyga

you're going to want to weld a rod an pull it out from the top towards the bottom while rolling it out from the inside. Just a guess but I don't think you understand what I just said. New tank. Or just run it like a track *****

19da90

the dent wizard
or master

freaker

Ok first off, you can weld to a tank. Drain it, fill it with water, good to go. Second you can use the "stud gun" and weld a little rod on there and use a dent puller and pull it. BUT the metal on tanks are thin as hell. It takes NOTHING to pull on a stud and puff HOLE IN YOUR TANK! I use the stud gun and pull what i can and mud over it. IT WILL BE FINE! I've fixed and painted many bikes. Just because you have a dent in your tank doesn't mean it's not fixable. Oh yea there is no need for fiberglass, unless it is insanely deep after being pulled.

situner87

its shouldnt be that hard to get a dent out of a tank. u need some specialty tools but it is very possible. you would need a stud gun and a slide hammer. the slide hammer u might find at like autozone or somethin like that but the stud gun u might need to get from a body shop. the stud gun just welds a small rod onto the tank and then u put the slide hammer on it and lock it down and pop the dent. after that if there are any low spots u can use either fiberglass filler or POLYGLAZE. then sand and shape and u are ready for paint.