I Broke My Fender Roller (help!)

[Jenewein]

Hey I got my eastwood fender roller in the mail. Love it. The fronts were a breeze but the rear quarter panels on the E46 are like the thickest metal ever so I was having to use some elbow grease but no big deal. Until I broke something on my fender roller.



This thing came off. And some sort of pin that went through it broke.



Does it go on like this? I tried tightening it but it doesn't seem to want to go on, and I don't want to force it. This is about as far as I can get it by hand.



Or does it go on like this?



Here's the pin thing that broke.




What do?

[bmac9269]

i have no idea about fender rollers but your castle nut is upside down and you are going to need a new cotter pin

[SeanDub]

lol

[Synsei]

Hindsight is 20/20, but you should have shave a little bit off the rears before rolling. Try looking here maybe? http://www.eastwood.com/images/pdf/31158Q.pdf

[ladylike]

Honestly, I think the baseball bat method works great. As long as you use a heat gun and go slowly, it works better than the eastwood roller...

Sorry, I know that's not what you were asking.. but in case you wanted to try the quick fix to rolling fenders instead of fixing your eastwood... that's my opinion.

[NerdCore]

All thread probably stripped too. Call up Wastwood to have then fix it. Should be a warranty.

[trism]

yeah, should be a warranty case boss

[Bimmerteck]

Wow, little much force 'eh? My roller has rolled lots of cars and never had any issues, are you trying to do it all in one pass or something?

[M.Burroughs]

I did the exact same thing to mine. I just found a different nut and chewed new threads into it.

[Dudermagee]

should have gotten a PBM roller

http://www.gtfactory.jp/cms/page.php?10

[kartikeya]

PBM roller eats cotter pins too.

Just use less pressure, more heat, and more passes in the future.

[M.Burroughs]

Nothing to do with pressure I don't think- it's rolling past the roller's range. To roll my fenders I had to stack two 1" spacers.
My roller is warped in all sorts of directions now though.