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08-14-2020, 01:17 PM
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2 Rivet Member 
2018 33' Classic
Thousand Oaks
, CA
Join Date: Jul 2020
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Dimple on roof
Is this an easy fix
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08-14-2020, 01:28 PM
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2 Rivet Member
2021 30RB Classic
Saint Augustine
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2018
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Maybe. Large suction cup dent puller. Something like this:
https://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...474bc140f2e8cd
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08-14-2020, 01:55 PM
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Rivet Master  
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Dimple on roof
Or try an softly inflated inner car or truck tube big enough to span the dent, a piece of 3/4 plywood that spans the inner tube outer diameter with a 1” hole in the center of the plywood to suck a vacuum on it with a sturdy shop vacuum.
Sometimes these pop right out with vacuum on top and atmospheric air pressure from below. Worth a try. Go easy on the vacuum at first and sneak up on it gently until the dent pops out.
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08-14-2020, 01:57 PM
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Rivet Master
2009 34' Panamerica
2005 28' Classic
Still
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The odds are you will only make it better, but it looks like it took a fairly good hit as off to the right is also dented.
Even with suction, the alum has already been deformed/stretched, it will always be there to some degree, but you can improve it, just don't expect anything grandiose.
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08-14-2020, 03:06 PM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,618
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Ouch, looks like someone's knee
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08-15-2020, 11:10 AM
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Airstream Trippin
2020 33' Classic
Livingston
, Texas
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 132
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Quote:
Originally Posted by candrews768
Is this an easy fix
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Use a toilet plunger.
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08-15-2020, 11:22 AM
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Rivet Master
1974 Argosy 26
Morrill
, Nebraska
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,014
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Use the inner tube method. The dent is too large for a plunger. The plunger may cause a secondary wrinkle.
I am the one who came up with the inner tube method.
The dent in my Argosy was a bit larger. You would not know it was ever there.
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08-15-2020, 12:01 PM
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Site Team
2009 25' FB International
2018 27' Globetrotter
Tavares
, Florida
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 3,726
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Is this on a unit you are considering buying? If so, get a discount and you could always leave it as it is if repairs do not work as planned. Could always use it as a conversation starter!
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08-15-2020, 12:29 PM
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Rivet Master
2022 20' Basecamp
1968 17' Caravel
Los Osos
, California
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 613
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We used Dent Pro Mobile to remove an almost identical dent/dimple. The technician had a selection of suction cups. From experience, he knew which to choose.
It was so quick and easy to fix that he didn't charge us. There is still very slight evidence of the dent but difficult to see from the ground.
The alternative is to remove and replace the panel, a process that is intrusive and expensive.
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08-16-2020, 09:26 AM
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2 Rivet Member
2018 33' Classic
Thousand Oaks
, CA
Join Date: Jul 2020
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Thanks all. It was on the pre inspection report. AS says 2400 to replace panel. The RV dealer is going to fix it...33 FB classic.
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