Re: Advice to pull the dents out of jacking point
Posted: Fri Oct 11, 2019 4:20 pm
A lot of suggestions, and a few actually useful; others, not so much... Just a show of hands, who has done this repair/fix? I have, so here’s how you fix it right.
1. Get out a Dremel (or other rotary tool) and use cutoff wheel 409 (.025” thick)
2. Cut along the red line I drew in the picture.
3. Remove lower dented jack spur piece.
4. Straighten lower dented jack spur piece in vise and with big hammer.
5. Straighten flanges that the lower dented jack spur will attach to (factory spot welds still preserved).
6. Check for rust on the rocker panel underneath the jack spur. (If any... fix it!)
7. Weld (now straightened) lower jack spur piece on. 8.Grind/sand down weld bead with 80 grit.
1. Get out a Dremel (or other rotary tool) and use cutoff wheel 409 (.025” thick)
2. Cut along the red line I drew in the picture.
3. Remove lower dented jack spur piece.
4. Straighten lower dented jack spur piece in vise and with big hammer.
5. Straighten flanges that the lower dented jack spur will attach to (factory spot welds still preserved).
6. Check for rust on the rocker panel underneath the jack spur. (If any... fix it!)
7. Weld (now straightened) lower jack spur piece on. 8.Grind/sand down weld bead with 80 grit.
