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04-08-2002, 11:25 PM
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Bedfloor dents
What is the prefered method to remove larger dents/wacks in bed floor? I have a perfect bed floor in a bed except for 1,5" across x 1.5" deep dent. Also have a floor with some warping and flattened ribs. Both of these trucks are NOT parts rigs and well worth some hassles to get right. Same thing with top of tailgate. Have great straight tailgate with one whack in top edge.
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04-09-2002, 08:11 AM
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04-09-2002, 08:47 AM
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Get a big piece of wood, chain the truck to the ground and push the dent out with a floor jack. Thats how my dad does it.
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04-09-2002, 09:38 AM
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A good thick coating of Rhinoliner? LOL
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04-09-2002, 11:59 AM
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patch panels are available.
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04-10-2002, 09:14 AM
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What is the possibility that if we heat floor from the top while someone can hammer from the bottom this would work? Or maybe weld on studs and use slide hammer after heating area up? I'm not real familiar with metal stretching but logic tells me the metal is stretched when dented and when pulled again it is stretched more. Probably fat chance of shrinking bed floor as part of repair. I hope to get metal close to correct rib levels and use filler to rework shapes. Then we will probably use some type of spray-in liner like Zolotone? Isn't this the spackled looking liner sometimes used in drift boats?
Any more input?
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04-10-2002, 08:35 PM
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Heat may work to get it back in shape and you are right in assuming the metal was stretched a little. After you heat it and reshape it with a hammer or dollie tool, try putting water on it a little at a time, this will cause some shrinking in the metal. As a side effect though it usually makes the metal a little more brittle.
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