AX-O
Well Known Member
My second mistake so far, but my first major one.
I dimpled my tank skins with #8 dimple dies per Vans instructions. The #8 screws were not sitting completely flush on the skin so after all the holes were dimpled, I squeezed them again with the dies a little closer to each other. The first few holes looked good so I continued and re-squeezed the rest. After completing both tank skins I went back to check my work. To my disgust, I saw cracks on many of the dimples. The cracks start at the drilled hole and stop before reaching the flat part of the skins. My stomach has been turning nonstop. I can?t stop thinking about it. My questions are the following. Can I drill the holes wide enough to get rid off the cracks and then use #8 dimpled washers? Would that be strong enough? Would that give me enough edge distance? Should I just bite the bullet and buy 2 more skins (approx $100 each, plus S&H, pull fees and redo all the completed work)? Would that add a lot of drag and just look stupid?
I will call Vans later today.
I dimpled my tank skins with #8 dimple dies per Vans instructions. The #8 screws were not sitting completely flush on the skin so after all the holes were dimpled, I squeezed them again with the dies a little closer to each other. The first few holes looked good so I continued and re-squeezed the rest. After completing both tank skins I went back to check my work. To my disgust, I saw cracks on many of the dimples. The cracks start at the drilled hole and stop before reaching the flat part of the skins. My stomach has been turning nonstop. I can?t stop thinking about it. My questions are the following. Can I drill the holes wide enough to get rid off the cracks and then use #8 dimpled washers? Would that be strong enough? Would that give me enough edge distance? Should I just bite the bullet and buy 2 more skins (approx $100 each, plus S&H, pull fees and redo all the completed work)? Would that add a lot of drag and just look stupid?
I will call Vans later today.