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[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

I need a device that I can use to push the pillars out on a car (stupidly welded my B pillar at wrong angle). I want something I can put against the cage inside and push the pillar out so needs to be roughly the width of the interior. Hoping I can hire one but dont want to look a tw4t ringing up and not knowing what Im asking for.

[steve@cornwall 100]

I need a device that I can use to push the pillars out on a car (stupidly welded my B pillar at wrong angle). I want something I can put against the cage inside and push the pillar out so needs to be roughly the width of the interior. Hoping I can hire one but dont want to look a tw4t ringing up and not knowing what Im asking for.

 

It's called porta-power

http://www.tools-4-you.co.uk/Body%20Repair...CFRkcEAodhBh6rA

[Paintguy 0]

As above.

 

If you weren't so far away, you could gladly borrow our 10 tonner for a weekend.

[Pugnut 9 1 Cars]

or:

 

[crogthomas 0]

How about a bottle jack and a piece of 2x4? Secured in place with rope to stop it pinging out and hitting you in the face?

[Paintguy 0]

^^^ Depending on the distance between B post and cage, a standard car scissor jack might do the trick too

[Richie-Van-GTi 71 2 Cars]

I'll have to take it from the cage on opposite side, theres only about 1 inch between cage on post on the problem side.

Im thinking of putting the car side on to the rear end of the rover and then using a 5 ton ratchet strap from the pillar to the towbar on the rover, hopefully it will give me enough control to do it gradually.

 

@Paintguy, in your experience when its pulled out will it spring back at all? IE shouldit be pulled say 1/2 inch out to allow for it coming back when released?

[Paintguy 0]

Whilst it's hard to give a figure, it'll certainly spring back slightly once the tension is released.

 

Take it easy, pulling it a little further than required, release the strap, and see where the pillar 'rests'. You can always pull it a little further if you need to, but it's not a good idea to keep pulling it backwards and forwards if you overshoot every time (if you see what I mean)

[Pugnut 9 1 Cars]

 

ok, so now i'm sober i've done a quick drawing of how i did both my front bars and b pillar bars . this is pushing out obviously . pushing inwards the scissor jack sounds a good idea.

 

just a couple of wedges nailed onto an old fence post . i needed to cut notches out of the fence post to positively locate it round the vertical bars on the cage.

 

cheers, Al