Those gas tanks aren't made out of alum.

I would guess no way.

 

I've done it before with a ZX7 gas tank. I had to get a big rubber grommet that fit the filler hole, then cut a hole in it to fit the air nozzle.


DO NOT do it on a tank that has an internal fuel pump(which is what the R1's have from '02 - present.)

You'll destroy the fuel pump.

One way to remove dents out of these tanks is to remove the fuel pump, and you can get at some of the dents from the whole.

 

There is No way you can Blow a dent out if a modern Bikes tank....They are double walled......

 

There is No way you can Blow a dent out if a modern Bikes tank....They are double walled......

My compressor must have special air in it then.:crash

I took out a couple dents this way a few years back.

 

My compressor must have special air in it then.:crash

I took out a couple dents this way a few years back.

Try to get a dent out on a new model with air...

 

I'm surprised that works. I would be afraid that the least resistant portion of the tank could bow out under the pressure, and not necessarily the dent, depending on where it is.

 

Try to get a dent out on a new model with air...

:thumbup

 

I always herd dry ice? Dont ask me how, I local guy does paintless dent removal with it?

 

Guess he fille the tank with water, and adds the dry ice which releases c02 gas,.. causing it to expand. When done with 2liter plastic bottles sounds as loud as a shotgun.

 

Compressing air into a tank to get a dent out is a great way to make a bomb that blows up in your face. Use a liquid and get the dent out hydraulicly without the possible explosion.

 

pinch your vacuum line and ride it for 100 miles. Thats what I did and I made some extruding dents in my tank - doh!

 

Man I just want to fix my tank not make myself a suicide bomber!

 

Man I just want to fix my tank not make myself a suicide bomber!

There are alot of dent guys out there...Go to your local Car dealership, They take a certain type glue and slide hammer to get dents out of anything...:thumbup

 

Compressing air into a tank to get a dent out is a great way to make a bomb that blows up in your face. Use a liquid and get the dent out hydraulicly without the possible explosion.

If you know what you're doing, this won't happen.:fact

 

My guess would be that NO ... it wouldn't work! I would think that you would run the chance of popping out a straight edge before a dent. Then you'd run the risk of waisting a tank, and making it turn out like a ballon.

Even if you could it would be very dangerous. We're not talking about 70 to 100 psi here. We're talking about enough pressure to cause an aluminum tank to explode, or better yet, a glass bottle. If that gives you a better visual!

Oh and for the comment:

If you know what you're doing, this won't happen.

There's no way! You mean to tell me that you already know the stress point for the metal you're manipulating. Then you go and gamble on the fact that the tank's metal may be uneven in thickness at certain points. It's Metalwork 101. Never force untested metal cylinders with pressure from the inside out! You're asking for a bomb. Why do you think that air compressor's walls are so darn thick? Because that's what it takes.

 

if its not a double walled tank or has an internal fuel pump then you might be able to use the same teqnique as blowing out dents in dirt bike pipes, compressed air (low psi) and lightly heat it with a torch, can be done but takes practice

 

if its not a double walled tank or has an internal fuel pump then you might be able to use the same teqnique as blowing out dents in dirt bike pipes, compressed air (low psi) and lightly heat it with a torch, can be done but takes practice

it would be my luck....it would still have fuel in it and then be a bomb. :fact

 

Isn't the dry ice thing where you warm up the area then apply dry ice externally to rapidly cool the metal and "retract" the dent?

 

if its not a double walled tank or has an internal fuel pump then you might be able to use the same teqnique as blowing out dents in dirt bike pipes, compressed air (low psi) and lightly heat it with a torch, can be done but takes practice

Its double walled Mang...:fact

 

Oh and for the comment:



There's no way! You mean to tell me that you already know the stress point for the metal you're manipulating. Then you go and gamble on the fact that the tank's metal may be uneven in thickness at certain points. It's Metalwork 101. Never force untested metal cylinders with pressure from the inside out! You're asking for a bomb. Why do you think that air compressor's walls are so darn thick? Because that's what it takes.

The way I did it was take a rubber plug that fit the filler hole, drill a hole in the middle, and put the air nozzle in there.

The rubber piece is the first thing that will give----not the tank. I lightly pressed the rubber piece in there. I used just enough air to pop out a couple different dents.

This was in a ZX7 tank. Simple dents with no creases.

This is common sense 101.

 

Hey Maga, like your avatar! :thumbup