How do I remove badge mounts?

[Rich Ard]

The ends are spot welded such that I think I would open up the tank on each side doing that, which is why I didn't start there.

 

[SONICJK]

Cut the fucker in half, then cut the badge holders out. Then weld it back together.

Duh

 

[Rich Ard]

I'll just melt the tank down and make a new tank out of it

 

[SONICJK]

Damn it why didn't I think of that.

That would also make it a sandcast and worth at least a billion dollars.

 

[Bert Jan]

I'll just melt the tank down and make a new tank out of it

see, when you think of it hard enough you know more than you think.

 

[notlob]

IIRC its a CB tank you have. ON mine I used a 4" grinder on the spot welds, if you grind it down enough to bend the tabs off without pulling through the tank, then just clean up the spot welds.

 

[Rich Ard]

IIRC its a CB tank you have. ON mine I used a 4" grinder on the spot welds, if you grind it down enough to bend the tabs off without pulling through the tank, then just clean up the spot welds.

I sanded them down to cover them - by the time I was done they were thin enough that I could have flicked them off with a finger!

Thanks everyone*






*except Sonic

 

[quadracer351]

Yeah I learned the hard way that they will rip a small hole in the tank. Hopefully the weld holds :-\ I ended up leaving the other one on after I made the hole and just had my body who does body work and paint fill it in

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[CarbsAndCylinders]

There is not good reason whatever for not using Bondo.

Solder/lead as a body filler is from the 60's. WAAAY better materials for the job now.

I'll modify that statement slightly. If you were going to metal plate the tank, you would use a solder type of filler.

Thanks for the info, Alfa.

 

[o1marc]

I only have a four inch grinder and a Dremel - I think that for me, belt sander is the way to go.

What would you use to grind the spot welds off? I'm sure the Dremel would get there...eventually...

3" grinder, grind just through the spot weld it self and those straps fall right off. Just did it to a set of Fat Bob tanks.

 

[Nebr_Rex]

3" grinder, grind just through the spot weld it self and those straps fall right off. Just did it to a set of Fat Bob tanks.

Where did you get a 3" grinder? I need more tools.

 

[o1marc]

Where did you get a 3" grinder? I need more tools.

What, they don't have 3" grinder discs in Nebr.? Discs come in all sizes for die grinders and grinders.

 

[HollywoodMX]

I'm going to do this this week. I'm going to try with a dremmel cutting wheel first just because its the smallest cutting wheel foot print and less sparks in the way to see what you are cutting.

 

[o1marc]

Where did you get a 3" grinder? I need more tools.

 

[pterodactyl]

I have a couple of tanks that have the holes and was wondering if they could be filled in with brass almost completely flush?

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

I have a couple of tanks that have the holes and was wondering if they could be filled in with brass almost completely flush?

The amount of heat it would take to do that will distort the tank horribly. You could use solder, though. There are metalworking solders that will stick to clean steel.

To tell the truth, though, I have been able to just use bondo with good success, and not even have to remove the badge mounts. Sanding down the bondo will also sand down any of the mount that might be higher than the profile of the tank.

 

[Rich Ard]

Grinding it off pre-bondo is definitely easier, having now done it both ways.

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

Grinding it off pre-bondo is definitely easier, having now done it both ways.

I think I probably did it that way. Before the bondo, they push in a little when you hit them with the belt sander, so they still showed through the bondo on the final sanding.

 

[Rich Ard]

Ah - I meant the way you had suggested way back at the beginning of the thread, sanding them down thin enough that they just about fell off

 

[AlphaDogChoppers]

They often don't stick out much. Any of the ones that I did were almost flush, anyhoo. I would definitely grind them down if they stuck out more than 1/16" or so.