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Originally Posted by stillwater
If it is bent, I'll check my spare. If need be, I'll take the frame to my friend's body shop and have him tie down the frame to the floor (pulling pots) and heat the frame while using a jack underneath it.
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Originally Posted by fordcragar
Don't heat the frame to straighten, do it cold and hammer and dolly it with tension on it. Then check it again and repeat as necessary.
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If it is not straight the metal has stretched. The only way to truly take out stretch in to shrink and yes heat will shrink it. I don't mean red hot heating but enough to cause steam when a wet cloth is applied. How many actually use heat on the frame, most likely very few.