: getting rid of "beer can"


Slagburn
03-02-2002, 10:39 PM
Bodywork/ sheetmetal question-
I'm finishing up replacing rusty panels in the CJ, and now some of the original panels like rear inner fender sides and the back panel have distorted a hair. It'd drive me fawkin' nuts going down the trail and hearing 'em popping back and forth.
I've heard maybe put some heat in to pull the metal back tight?
or...?
Thanks

dirtrod
03-03-2002, 06:12 AM
You need to shrink the sheetmetal...find a high or low spot... heat it red, back it up with a dolly and smack it with a hammer, then quench it with a wet rag...repeat as req'd

Slagburn
03-03-2002, 10:37 AM
Will try that! Thank you.