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<blockquote data-quote="BentStick" data-source="post: 265127" data-attributes="member: 6997"><p>Finally figured out how to straighten this thing and thought I'd post it here in case anyone else might be interested.</p><p></p><p>I really wish I had taken some photos before I started working on it, there was a good 3/4" to 1" twist in the cowling. I laid the piece upside down on the concrete driveway and stacked 150lbs of gym weights on it, half in front and half on the back. Then I used a garden flame weeding torch and began heating the cowling.</p><p></p><p>After a few minutes of heating I used a small sledge hammer, striking the stacked weights. It took about 10 minutes of this to get the piece fairly straight, however there was still a slight amount of twist. Using a pipe clamp and wedging the cowling between the boat trailer frame and bunks, I was able to remove the last bit of twist.</p><p></p><p>Now its ready for the paint job!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BentStick, post: 265127, member: 6997"] Finally figured out how to straighten this thing and thought I'd post it here in case anyone else might be interested. I really wish I had taken some photos before I started working on it, there was a good 3/4" to 1" twist in the cowling. I laid the piece upside down on the concrete driveway and stacked 150lbs of gym weights on it, half in front and half on the back. Then I used a garden flame weeding torch and began heating the cowling. After a few minutes of heating I used a small sledge hammer, striking the stacked weights. It took about 10 minutes of this to get the piece fairly straight, however there was still a slight amount of twist. Using a pipe clamp and wedging the cowling between the boat trailer frame and bunks, I was able to remove the last bit of twist. Now its ready for the paint job! [/QUOTE]
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