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RSHARPfzj80 said:I've got a maul if you need to try and straighten it.
talking about my "custom" Ipor one. I need access to a huge hydraulic press for 30 minutes.Sent from my thing with Woody's junk.
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talking about my "custom" Ipor one. I need access to a huge hydraulic press for 30 minutes.Sent from my thing with Woody's junk.
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BMThiker said:
That's my junk!
Unfortunately running it over the other way is not a solution.
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I have a 20 ton press, come over saturday and maybe we can bend it back in shape.
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Be sure to take a lot of pictures because I am interested in seeing how you will secure it to apply the point load and bend it back.
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How wide is the press stand?
Granted, your skid is thicker than the 3/16" stuff I have...but I found that the impact force of a sledge works far better than the "slow" impact of driving over it with the skid propped up on a block of wood. I don't know if yours just needs some recurve or if it has a dent, but either way I don't think 20T is enough to achieve results. YMMV, interested in how it goes.
24" basic press I also have a 20 lb. sledge.
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Just a recurve. I actually have not tried a sledge. I did try to drive over it with the 40 while it was on a couple 6x6s to see if it would go back. It did not.
Schmitty - gotta measure it again. It did not fit in my press at all. Not certain 24" is going to quite do it.
I was just going to set it in there on a couple 6x6s and then press it in the middle to see if it would pull the sides in a bit to allow the holes to re-align. The way it is now, I can only get half the holes to line up: the front half.
Just a recurve. I actually have not tried a sledge. I did try to drive over it with the 40 while it was on a couple 6x6s to see if it would go back. It did not.
Schmitty - gotta measure it again. It did not fit in my press at all. Not certain 24" is going to quite do it.
I was just going to set it in there on a couple 6x6s and then press it in the middle to see if it would pull the sides in a bit to allow the holes to re-align. The way it is now, I can only get half the holes to line up: the front half.
Chris,
What about pre-loading the back half (pulling the holes that will not line up together) with a come-along and then a couple of strikes from the sledge to make the deformation permenant? A drawing/diagram of which holes align and which do not (plus how they are out of alignment) could help yield productive suggestions from the peanut gallery.
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That would demand considerable effort for a project that should take about ten minutes with the right tool.
That would demand considerable effort for a project that should take about ten minutes with the right tool.
There is a right tool for this!
Like I said before, please take pictures because this is a learning experience. It sounds like a time and headache intense fix to me, so I want to see and learn the better path.
Aligning skids is an empirical process, especially if it looks like a pringle chip. 
The other method I've used (and Budbuilt designs his this way) is to slot the holes at the back that don't line up and go with a bigger washer. If slotting won't work because it is deformed in more than one axis, then proceed with the sledge hammer and video tape it for us.
The other method I've used (and Budbuilt designs his this way) is to slot the holes at the back that don't line up and go with a bigger washer. If slotting won't work because it is deformed in more than one axis, then proceed with the sledge hammer and video tape it for us.
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I will take some pics. Basically the Hyster just flattened the long side near the back spreading it out so the driver's side does not line up at the rear. I think if I could bend that long side back with a press and then the flange that bolts to the frame would likely be pulled back far enough to align with the frame.
The alternative could be to cut that flange off and weld it back on properly aligned. That would likely work if I could find someone with the heavy duty tools to do that, a boosted skill level and a feeling of charity.
Remember that IPOR skid plate weighs quite a bit and is a 1/4 inch thick.
The alternative could be to cut that flange off and weld it back on properly aligned. That would likely work if I could find someone with the heavy duty tools to do that, a boosted skill level and a feeling of charity.
Remember that IPOR skid plate weighs quite a bit and is a 1/4 inch thick.
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I didn't get to mess with the skid plate today but I made some progress on the other truck - and cut the grass.
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what did you do?
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mwalls54 said:
Took a picture
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RSHARPfzj80
Appalachia Cruisers
New passenger front tire is what the pic is of. IT'S SO CLEAN LOOKING (tire)
After years of powder coating all your junk I still haven't seen your rig in person. Looks nice for a homo
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