Dent In My Tr6 Pipes

[239banshee]

is there away to get the dent out.my knee put a preaty good size dent in the pipe and was wondering if there is away to get it out

[MotulMonsta]

Mail it back to toomey and they'll fix it for free. If you try welding a rod and poping it out like on auto body panels..you'll void the warenty.

[erbilabuc]

fill it up with water, plug the ends and freeze it, monitor the temperature and monitor the dent, progress shall overcome

[ranshee]

Yea that is what I do with my r.c. car exhausts and it seems to work pretty good.

[MotulMonsta]

If your not carfull you could split the pipe at the welds or worse nock the whole pipe shape out and really f*ck things up.

[ranshee]

Yea thats true. Tr6's are a bit more costly than an r.c. car exhaust. send it back to toomey

[DBLtapS]

thats one big F'n freezer

[sweetshee4312]

id rather pay liek 50 bucks to have them redo it to, than pay like 400 for antoher exaust or w/e, thhiink abbout it, think of your options, teh consiquenses, well u be happy with the choice u made u must think

[sredish]

drill a hole and pull it out, oh wait, that might not be a good idea. You can use a spot weld and pull it out, but that will not be good for the chrome.

[Ducman]

You might figure out a way to plug the ends and presurize it with air or water, but if Toomey will fix it for free or fix it without wrecking the chrome then do that. Sticking a welding rod to it and heating the area with a torch works OK but looks like crap.

[erbilabuc]

all TOomey is going to do is fill the bitch up with water, you arent going to crack any welds. Plug it with duct tape, you have to watch the temperature very carefully though and thats the only thing. The frozen water is only going to expand about 1/8-1/4 inch at the most. You put the same pressure on the pipes when you run the motor

[theeechozen1]

My neighbor has a set up for blowing dents out of pipes. He heats the pipe up to a certain degree, then puts this deal on it with plugs at both ends and pressurizes it to pop the dent out. He did my KX250 pipe that was pretty bashed in from laying it over on a rock, it was perfect when done but the nickel coating looks like chit. If you want me to ask him how much to do yours (if toomey bails on ya) let me know.

[Ducman]

all TOomey is going to do is fill the bitch up with water, you arent going to crack any welds. Plug it with duct tape, you have to watch the temperature very carefully though and thats the only thing. The frozen water is only going to expand about 1/8-1/4 inch at the most. You put the same pressure on the pipes when you run the motor

Dont forget air is is highly compressable, water is not. You can stuff 100 cubic ft of air in a container that is only 1 cubic foot and the presure inside the tank will go up. If you try to put any more water than 1 cubic foot in a 1 cubic foot container then the pressure will go up so exponentially the container will break. You could fill a 1" thick steel tank completely full of water with no air voids, seal it, and that sucker would split wide open if the water froze solid. Ice expands to about 108% of the original volume of the water and would make your pipes 108% of their original size too, not good. The ice method will work fine as long as you really keep an eye on it like you said and dont let any water freeze clear solid in any section of the pipe like in the stinger section or it will crack and/or stretch that sucker. I would suggest agitating the pipe freequently to prevent any part from freezing solid and if the dent doesn't pop out before the ice starts freezing solid in the pipe then stop. Leave just a little air in the pipe to give the ice room to expand and so you can tell if the water is getting slushy or frozen when you shake it.