Numbered Paint Set....Dented
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From: MA
You may want to send the tank back to Harley to either repair or replace the fender. Is the tent in the mural or on the solid color?
My son's Sporty fell against my bike in our trailer and hit both sides of the tank due to the rocking motion during turns (I'm assuming). I sent the tank back to HD and they stated they can repair the damage instead of painting and sending me a new tank.
My son's Sporty fell against my bike in our trailer and hit both sides of the tank due to the rocking motion during turns (I'm assuming). I sent the tank back to HD and they stated they can repair the damage instead of painting and sending me a new tank.
......eh 
The video I saw didn't show that part, must have be a different one. Sending away to Harley sounds like a good possibility if the dry ice trick in fact does not work. Worth a try anyway.
The video I saw didn't show that part, must have be a different one. Sending away to Harley sounds like a good possibility if the dry ice trick in fact does not work. Worth a try anyway.
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Joined: Feb 2007
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From: Oklahoma
For me this is a very timely thread. We've had a hail of a spring in north central Oklahoma. I spent most of yesterday afternoon futzing around with hail damage on the hood of our family car, after a similar effort a month ago on the hood of my pickup. I even spent some time at one of the hail chaser paintless dent tents watching a pro at work.
I could not get my dents to magically pop out with hand pressure. (The metal is bent, folks!) I could not get them to pop out massaging them from the back with the covered end of a hammer handle or a rounded stove bolt head. I started a small starred cracking of the paint when I lightly tapped the bolt. On one dent I applied force at the wrong place and managed to raise a very small "reverse dent" before I stopped. I tried a hair drier with no results. The only thing I did that seemed to reduce a dent was to take a wallpaper seam roller and roll like hell from the back (where you can get access, which shouldn't be a problem on a bike fender.) But even that wouldn't make the dent disappear completely.
The dent man I watched massaged out dents in an auto side panel easily and completely. He told me it took him the better part of a year (and the right tools) to get to that point of proficiency.
I'm a retired inveterate do-it-yourselfer who knows when he's met his match. Our vehicles are getting along in years, so we will live with the hail damage. Tell your brother either to live with the dent or bite the bullet and go to a pro.
I could not get my dents to magically pop out with hand pressure. (The metal is bent, folks!) I could not get them to pop out massaging them from the back with the covered end of a hammer handle or a rounded stove bolt head. I started a small starred cracking of the paint when I lightly tapped the bolt. On one dent I applied force at the wrong place and managed to raise a very small "reverse dent" before I stopped. I tried a hair drier with no results. The only thing I did that seemed to reduce a dent was to take a wallpaper seam roller and roll like hell from the back (where you can get access, which shouldn't be a problem on a bike fender.) But even that wouldn't make the dent disappear completely.
The dent man I watched massaged out dents in an auto side panel easily and completely. He told me it took him the better part of a year (and the right tools) to get to that point of proficiency.
I'm a retired inveterate do-it-yourselfer who knows when he's met his match. Our vehicles are getting along in years, so we will live with the hail damage. Tell your brother either to live with the dent or bite the bullet and go to a pro.
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