Fixing My Busted Pannier

That's exactly what Bret is doing here

If you use some pieces of wood where the hydraulic jack piston is making contact with the case, it will increase the area that is being pushed back out.

Damirio said:

If you use some pieces of wood where the hydraulic jack piston is making contact with the case, it will increase the area that is being pushed back out.

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That's what I was thinking too

Don’t start in the middle of the dent, start on the outer edges and work to the middle.
The hardest part to fix is at the bottom crease.
Also don’t push it out in one time, do it a Little at a time returning to the outer edges and moving it a little at a time. Because it’s aluminum the metal may / probably stretched some so it will not look perfect with close examination.

Leave it like this
It's a chic magnet 😁

On that crease, maybe a wood block with a piece of angle on top when jacking. Might be good to have that sharp edge?

Maybe a piece of angle iron ,to spread force over entire area then smaller pieces to focus on an area.

ImperviousWeasel said:

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Update. Here is what I was able to do with a bottle jack, some angle iron, and a piece of wood. I'm happy with it. Thanks for all the input, guys/girls!

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Nice job, looks great 👍

Great outcome!

Good job... now: "don't drop it again"