Submitted by UnoriginallyGeneric t3_11bkj08 in DIY
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Green-Future_ t1_j9y8tco wrote
Upload a photo of it for reference please
UnoriginallyGeneric OP t1_j9y8vot wrote
I dried banging it with a rubber mallet but it didn't go anywhere.
JeNiqueTaMere t1_j9ybav6 wrote
You need to zoom in some more
We can still almost understand something from this picture
UnoriginallyGeneric OP t1_j9y8up1 wrote
Senior_Cheesecake155 t1_j9yallu wrote
That shows the damage but an overall picture would help with a solution.
Ultimately, you may be able to bend it back, but it looks like it’s been overly bent and creased, making it structurally compromised. You’ll need to reinforce it once you get it straightened out otherwise it’s going to happen again.
Alternatively, you may be able to contact the manufacturer, Amazon, or eBay and see if that part is available as a replacement.
UnoriginallyGeneric OP t1_j9yl1sg wrote
The bike had been taken apart to ensure access to the bend, for repair.
The bike is an Exerpeutic 400 XL or something like that.
-originalusername-- t1_j9yai9c wrote
Get a slightly smaller piece of wood or metal that fits inside the bend piece, or a piece of pipe that's bigger to fit over top. Use the new piece of wood/pipe as leverage to bend tbe piece back. Odds are the paint is going to chip away there.
UnoriginallyGeneric OP t1_j9yl81v wrote
I have a friend who works in construction, I'll see if he has a spare piece of rebar available.
-originalusername-- t1_j9zgoq4 wrote
I'm willing to bet rebar would bend. A piece of steel black pipe a couple feet long would probably do it. No idea what the cost of that is tho. A piece of angle iron would do it too.
UnoriginallyGeneric OP t1_j9zj0ia wrote
I'm no expert, but why would rebar bend? Isnt that the stuff that they put in concrete when they make buildings?
-originalusername-- t1_ja00utl wrote
It's a pretty soft steel. I think it's used more for tensile strength than for bending strength. It might work, it just looks like 1/4 inch tubing you're trying to bend back into shape.
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meat_sack t1_j9ybo2b wrote
Bent frame shouldn't hinder it from collecting all the dust it otherwise would if it were in mint condition.
Allittle1970 t1_j9ycj4s wrote
Trash. If you are going to spend the effort on buying replacement steel and taking to a weld shop, you might as well buy a decent bike and scrap the inheritance
extra_specticles t1_j9y9598 wrote
Something to hold it still - like a vice. A blow torch to heat the metal. And a hammer to beat it back into shape when hot.
Or if you don't have the first two, a hard flat surface like a driveway and use your body weight to hold the bike flat and down, and a hammer to try and force the metal bar back.
It's basically the use of the same force, that bent it, in reverse. So if someone sat on it, think of how force you need to apply. It's not a small amount.