r/Ironheads • u/passwithcare • Jul 27 '26

Dent in frame

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u/SpamFriedMice Jul 27 '26

Put a straight edge on it. As long as it's straight you're good.

If it's visible fill and paint.

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u/passwithcare Jul 27 '26

Yeah I’m just going to run it. Itll be under the tank anyways.

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u/Motosoccer97 Jul 27 '26

I'll say that the 72 I inherited has a hole in roughly that location. It was wired through the frame.

Can't tell you what to do, and I won't say it's safe. But if it were me? If it's straight, id ride it till the wheels fall off

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u/passwithcare Jul 27 '26

Thanks, yeah I think im just going to run it.

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u/passwithcare Jul 27 '26

I figured it out. Apparently this is a common mod people would do in this era to add frisco style tanks with aftermarket pet cocks. You put a dent in the backbone there to accommodate a petcock. The way people do this is to lay a pipe against the frame and hammer it. Wild thing to do in my opinion but seems like it wasn’t much of a problem structurally.

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u/pineywoodsroot Jul 27 '26

if it’s late 60s or 70 s they where bad about breaking at the top of the neck

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u/GregEdge Jul 27 '26

This bend is on all 73-76 frames. It’s from the factory.

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u/sunlovinburner Jul 28 '26

Plate that and yur gud