[vstar23]

on my vstar 1100, the brake pedal bent slightly when the bike dropped on its side. My foot slipped while backing on gravel and it dropped over. No other damage. Got any ideas on bending rear brake pedal back to original position, it is slightly off square now, still works fine just would look better if bent over a few degrees to its original state

thanks

 

[TinyBear]

Happen to my mums bike in her crash.

i bent it back with two pairs of vise grips. One on the pedal and the other to prevent the rest of the thing from bending and then just use a bit of muscle.

You dont really want to use heat on the metal to bend it as that will make the metal brittle their and can brake then.

 

[vstar23]

thanks for the info

 

[weldvair]

Heating the petal will not hurt anything as long as you do not try to cool it faster than air cool.

Don -Mech Engr