Can dents be removed out of exhaust headers

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12 Jun 2007 10:07 #148717 by austin3119

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Can dents be removed out of exhaust headers? If so, who would you take it to? A body shop or something??

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12 Jun 2007 10:35 #148728 by Bad Kaw

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Yep. A welding shop. Where they pull the dent it will not be cosmetically 'matching' anymore, so if you are looking for asthetics you'll need to re-coat the header in whatever fashion you are looking for.
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12 Jun 2007 16:30 #148809 by inline4

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Bad Kaw, care to elaborate on this?
I've been wondering about this as well.

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12 Jun 2007 22:39 #148921 by Mark Wing

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It depends on how bad the dents are. It's hard to get it perfect. What I did was drill a hole on the other side from the dent then work it out through the hole. after I welded up the holes.
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13 Jun 2007 00:30 #148926 by Lorcan

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When I bought my Z1000J the middle two headers had been squashed nearly flat due to a crash. I cut them near the worst section and banged a piece of old fork stanchion down the inside til they were round again then welded them up.

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13 Jun 2007 04:57 #148946 by Snakebyte

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If it is just a small dent then heat the area with propane torch and use a ice cube to cool it down fast. cool it till you can touch it then repeat. I have done this with gas tanks and it works prety good.

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13 Jun 2007 06:13 #148959 by inline4

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Great tips guys.

Now I just need to learn to weld!:laugh: :laugh:
Seriously though, THANKS.

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