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armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:52 am

The front bumper , winch type , on my tipper is pretty bent up. As these bumpers are hard to find and I would like to use the original to the truck does anyone have any suggestions on straightening this one out.

abn CCKW · Post by **abn CCKW** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 9:52 am

perhaps a heavy equipment / construction equipment repair shop, some one who deals with that kind of machinery should have the hydralic press and gas torch to deal with it .....or perhaps a frame alignment shop ?

42cckw · Post by **42cckw** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:22 am

I fixed a good little dent in my bumper by heating the affected area and using a portable hydraulic tool to press the dent out , and then using heat and body hammers to flatten it out to as good as new

with no sign of a dent ever have been there

. Find someone who knows what their doing and you will be very

at the results

John V Cliche · Post by **John V Cliche** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:33 am

Hey AD
Your High school industrial arts class should have a press large enough to handle the job
As stated previously a little heat and a little pressure = results
A good rule of thumb is to take out the dent/ twist in the order that it went in.
In other words start at the edges of the damage and work your way into the middle or point of impack.
We have a tendency to start with the big nasty deep part first, and by the time we have that area flat the surrounding metal is stretch out

Cheers
John
PS greetings to you "'42" from "northern Ma "

dr deuce · Post by **dr deuce** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 7:49 pm

One way depending upon how it is bent it to make it into 3 pieces: top, face and bottom. Take a torch, or better yet a plasma cutter and rut along the bends and make it into three unjoined flat plates that are still attached together at some point. Now you can "have your way" with each one more easily with a torch to rebend it into position. After repositioning, reweld the corners back together and grind them back to their rounded look again. It works.

armydriver · Post by **armydriver** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:02 am

Thanks for the suggestions. I believe I will try a bumper/frame straightening place first. The shop class at the local jr. college felt they could not do a good job on it.

Thundercat97 · Post by **Thundercat97** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 9:14 am

My bumper was torn up and stretched out with some bends. I sent it over to my buddy that is a welder, and he made it look real good once again. Good luck..... it can be repaired