Getting a dent out of the tank

fordtech · Posted: August 17, 2006, 4:47 pm Post subject: Getting a dent out of the tank

I recently was given 1980 650 and am trying to put it back together. One of the problems I have is the left side of the gas tank has about a dent in it about 2 inches roughly in diameter, looks like they dropped the bike at one time and the handlebar hit it. I was wondering if any of you know a way of getting the dent out without having to drill holes in it for a dent puller. I havent found any of the suction type pullers that are small enough , most seem to big. Any info would be appreciated , thanks.

flavaz33

You would need a stud gun and a dent puller, being similiar to drilling holes, but youd have to be careful not to weld a stud on too hot to tear a hole in the tank when breaking off the studs. Which would put you in the same position as drilling holes. So id carefully go with a stud gun, unless you happen to find a small dent repair suction cup.

fordtech

I've thought about the stud gun. I've got a couple of other ideas in my head that I'm about to go try. I'll check back later with my progress.

jimmer

There should be a lug welded on the steering column to prevent the handle bars from doing that. If the bike was dropped, it could have broken the lug off. I have pics if needed.

fordtech

Holy S**t, I can't believe this worked but it did. I managed to get an old kickstand off of a bicycle and bent it in a way that I was able to push the dent back out! It didn't take me long at all to do this either. Now all I have is a couple of small high spots to massage out and the tank will look good as new! I think the handlebars hit the tank because they werent the right ones for the bike, someone at sometime tried to make it into a chopper or something because it had these great big curved bars on it.

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