Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
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Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 07:12
Hi,
Does anyone know what the best hi-temp filler sandable product is (same effect as bondo) to deal with this ding in my header? Picture is attached. Once repaired it will be repainted. I checked paintless dent repair and they cannot fix it.
Thanks,
Does anyone know what the best hi-temp filler sandable product is (same effect as bondo) to deal with this ding in my header? Picture is attached. Once repaired it will be repainted. I checked paintless dent repair and they cannot fix it.
Thanks,
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 07:38
The dent looks pretty shallow. Your best bet may be to have someone who does brazing fill the dent. Then you can file it to the correct shape and paint it. Brazing has a high melting point, so the header shouldn't get so hot as to melt it off. The guy doing the brazing can tell you the melting point of the rod he's using. Ed
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 08:17
Sometimes muffler shops can fix it, if they can get to it with a muffler pipe expander
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 09:30
the right size ball welded to a steel rod heat the tube beat the ball through to resize.
otherwise braze or weld.
leon
otherwise braze or weld.
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 11:09 - 28 Oct 2015 11:10
Is it worth it. The dent is almost un-detectable
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 11:19
I'd ignore it.
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 18:41If you're going to fix it I'd try Leon's suggestion first. You can do this at home.531blackbanshee wrote: the right size ball welded to a steel rod heat the tube beat the ball through to resize.
otherwise braze or weld.
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
28 Oct 2015 18:51
The freezing water trick does work i did it last year on a 550 header
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Re: Repair Small Dent in Kerker Header Pipe
29 Oct 2015 01:41 - 29 Oct 2015 01:42
Thanks for suggestions. Any ideas how hot this side of the pipe gets? What about a high heat jb weld or higher temp filler product? Recognize brasing likely the best way to go if I fix it.
Last edit: 29 Oct 2015 01:42 by Vintage3.
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