Bent the front of my pontoon?

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sjc195 · #16 Post by **sjc195** » Wed Sep 28, 2011 3:26 pm

I did the same thing to mine. we heated the area and used a bar to bend it back in place and then finished it up w/a rubber hammer. There was a small hole in the top though that had to be welded (about the size of a felt pen tip).

STEVEBRENDA · #17 Post by **STEVEBRENDA** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 10:42 am

I would have to fix it. I could not handle the endless harassment from our friends. Some things they just never will let you live down.

ToonGuy · #18 Post by **ToonGuy** » Thu Sep 29, 2011 12:30 pm

If you do decide to fix it your self, and you decide to try heat remember your toons are most likely pressurized to 3.5psi already, and the heat will expand that. Might want to pull the valve before you start...

wijames · #19 Post by **wijames** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:17 am

I should have listened to "Texaswildman". I paid to have it fixed at the dealer and he did it with a rubber hammer in about 5 minutes. Live and learn I guess!!!!!

woolznaz · #20 Post by **woolznaz** » Tue Oct 04, 2011 9:52 am

wijames, I'm glad it got fixed. I'm interested in this because (as you may have read above) my South Bay also has a bent eye on it. Mine looks a lot like sjc195's picture above.

Did yours look like that? Was it bent that much? I might try to fix mine since it worked for you -- after all, I have a rubber mallet! I've always been reluctant to touch it. Like the others expressed above, I am worried it will crack and then I would need a welder. How bad was yours?

wijames · #21 Post by **wijames** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:16 am

woolznaz wrote:wijames, I'm glad it got fixed. I'm interested in this because (as you may have read above) my South Bay also has a bent eye on it. Mine looks a lot like sjc195's picture above.

Did yours look like that? Was it bent that much? I might try to fix mine since it worked for you -- after all, I have a rubber mallet! I've always been reluctant to touch it. Like the others expressed above, I am worried it will crack and then I would need a welder. How bad was yours?

Mine wasn't quite as bad as scj195's, only bent about 3 inches.

woolznaz · #22 Post by **woolznaz** » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:32 pm

Thanks. I took a closer look at mine. I think I have to leave it alone. It has a bit of "crease" in it and I just cannot imagine that bending back without opening up with a crack. I'll just have to hit the other side to match it!

Actually, I think I'll just have to live with it or take it to a welder to fix it, but it would never look like new again.

texaswildman · #23 Post by **texaswildman** » Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:37 am

hit it and if it breaks fix it no big deal but you can save money and learn too.. love my tracker

wrd1972 · #24 Post by **wrd1972** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 5:59 am

Hit the dock a bit hard at an angle and slightly bent the upper tie point on the toon. Its bent maybe a inch, not the more common where its bent over badly. Would it still be unwise to try to bend back? I would use a block of wood and a large dead blow hammer.

Thanks

Capt Sully · #25 Post by **Capt Sully** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:21 pm

Me thinks you should bend the other side to match, no one will know then

Bryden24shp · #26 Post by **Bryden24shp** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 3:34 pm

I think you guys with bent nosecones should just buy my Premier...

wrd1972 · #27 Post by **wrd1972** » Sun Aug 23, 2015 7:30 pm

A couple whacks with the BFH and a block of wood fixed it good as new.

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