Top tube dent repair idea...

[sowestport]

Saw this and was wondering if this could fix dents in your steel tubing.

https://www.trendingvip.com/products...n-repair-tools

What do you think?

[FlashUNC]

No.

[Cicli]

Not a chance.

[smontanaro]

The main problem as I see it is that the dent removal tool you referred to relies on the sheet metal being relatively flat. Such is not true for bike tubes. Maybe you'd get lucky once in awhile, but I don't think it would work in general.

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[sowestport]

Originally Posted by smontanaro

The main problem as I see it is that the dent removal tool you referred to relies on the sheet metal being relatively flat. Such is not true for bike tubes. Maybe you'd get lucky once in awhile, but I don't think it would work in general.

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Well, they do have different sizes. I was thinking the smallest one seems like it might work.

[thegunner]

Originally Posted by sowestport

Well, they do have different sizes. I was thinking the smallest one seems like it might work.

no.

you can roll out a dent in a steel frame, but i'm pretty sure something like this is going to deform the supporting areas more than it'll fix the dent.

[Kontact]

I've seen some impressive results with filling dented tubes with water and letting them freeze. It is a slowish process and the dent is always the first thing to expand out. Subsequent re-freezings can further help. It is so effective I would try it before even rolling the tube.


As for the OP's gizmo, no frame dent is going to be large enough to hot melt glue one of the dies in the center and have enough surface area to stick once you apply leverage.

[smontanaro]

Originally Posted by Kontact

I've seen some impressive results with filling dented tubes with water and letting them freeze.

Dunno where the OP is, but if he's just about anywhere in the CONUS, now would be the time to give it a try...

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[Peter P.]

Another problem against this method is, the tube is round and small in diameter at that, making it structurally much stronger than a large, flat surface, so it would be more resistant to any forces trying to pull the dent back into a proper cylinder.

I was broadsided by a car while commuting home from work a bunch of years ago. The seat tube had a "pucker" down near the bottom bracket end. Peter Weigle was able to work out the pucker so that it is invisible, rather than replace the tube. I'm guessing rolling out the dent or filling it in are better options. Stickers to cover the dent work, too.