TM 10-5411-205-13
4-9.
Repair of Large or Deep Dent.
This task covers:
Repair
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Materials/Parts
General Mechanic’s Automotive Tool Kit
Gloves (Item 1, Appendix D)
Caulking Gun (Item 2, Appendix D)
Caulking Cartridge (Item 3, Appendix D)
Epoxy Resin (Items 4 & 5, Appendix D)
Container, Unwaxed (Item 6, Appendix D)
Cloth, Emery (Item 13, Appendix D)
Sandpaper (Item 15, Appendix D)
Fiber Filled Polyester Resin (Item 17,
Appendix D)
Cloth, Fiberglass (Item 18, Appendix D)
NOTE
The following repair procedures are for a 64- to 100-square inch
area located between structural members. To determine that a
large or deep dent is between structural members, tap area with
finger. A structural member is identified by a tight, drum-like
sound as opposed to the soft sound of areas between members.
Extensive damage, such as denting or buckling of the exterior
shelter skin (which displaces the opposite shelter skin) generally
constitutes an unrepairable type damage. Follow the procedure in
A, B, or C below to repair a large or deep dent involving only the
exterior shelter skin.
Repair. (Figure 4-3)
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4) .
Perform the procedures contained in paragraph 4-8, steps (1), (2), and (3) using
Figure 4-3, A and B.
Cut a piece of fiberglass cloth that will cover the restored area and extend
approximately two inches around the filled-in dent.
Apply a liberal coating of mixed adhesive (paragraph 4-7.b.(4)) over the filled-in
dent extending approximately two inches around the dent.
Place the fiberglass cloth (C, Figure 4-3) over the coating of mixed adhesive and
press lightly.
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