Best way to straighten a bent chassis on a FG Marder

[Neil G]

Hi

 

Has anyone got any tips on the best way to straighten a bent chassis on an FG Marder. It's not massively bent just a slight twist on the off side rear.

 

Any help would be great fully received 

 

Thanks

[nigel63]

i used to use a vice and slowly tighten it till it appeared straight,then just a bit more of a turn to allow for it to spring back when released.

[(-:AD:-)]

A vice.

[scoony191]

If you own a marder you need a vice lol

[Mike1970]

The best way in my opinion (If you have a bench in your workshop) is to screw your chassis to the bench in as many places as possible with increasing/decreasing lumps under the offending bit to pull it back into line - leave it screwed down for a while once its flat.

 

I have heard of people putting theirs in the fridge and others in the oven but I've never tried it.

[dwarfy]

A hide mallet and a couple of pieces of 3x2 does the trick. 

[atom3624]

... and if it doesn't work, I see offers for new Marder chassis on Fleabay for

[KORB]

I used a couple of bits of hard timber and a hammer,. works great. There was a thread on here sometime ago about it.