Repairing a Frame and Forks with Dents

[Muffski]

Is there anybody on Rad who repairs dented frame and forks aswell as powder coating them?


any help would be much appreciated Guys

[Swivel]

PM Phil (sawzall) his fixing up my TRM at the moment. Then send to Dan (superbikedan) for painting mate 

[stfc]

when you say dented mate ,how bad is it as you can not "fill" a frame or forks with conventional car filler and powder coat it, as it wont take to the filler, you will need to lead load it or get it wet painted if you go the body filler route...

[neiljonarcus]

you  carnt  powder  coat  over  filler  .......... the  filler  carnt  handle  the  heat  of  a  powder oven  it  pops when  the  temp  gets  high 

[Muffski]

PM Phil (sawzall) his fixing up my TRM at the moment. Then send to Dan (superbikedan) for painting mate 

thanks Matt


cheers for the info guys

[SteveG]

You might be able to get a good welder to build the area up and then file it back to shape. I haven't had to do it on a bike but have restored an old kart chassis like this.
Depends how big the dents are, and it might affect the strength of the tube if you are going to ride it.

[rooski]

dents can also be filled with braze and then reshaped, also this way there will be no chance of burn through.

[markyp]

dents can also be filled with braze and then reshaped, also this way there will be no chance of burn through.

is this the same for a rechrome cos im running up blind alleys here

[rooski]

braze can be chromed over no probs. can be powdered over as well.

[SteveG]

I forgot about brazing. Probably safer, I just used the welder as I have a mig already.
One thing to watch if the dents are big is that they will probably have mis-shaped the tube. I can't explain it easily but where the dent goes in it forces the tube out either side of it. Not quite sure how you could do it but it might be possible to pull the dent out.