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Another dent fell victim to the stud welder. The slide hammer just doesn't grip the pins very well.

Do you think it's a problem with the hammer clamp or the pins?

Nice metal work; I like these year of Chargers and you don't see very many of them anymore.

The pins are slick, but soft. The pinch cam on the hammer is looking as if its teeth are smoothing off already.

Is this a new tool?

New tool. Probably used 30 studs so far.

I'm thinking to take the dremil wheel to the cam and give it more aggressive teeth

I would've thought the copper is soft enough for the tool to "bite" into. But, I've never used one!

I'm pretty sure the studs are steel, with a copper finish.

Last night, I pulled the rear valence, and I was able to easily dolly out its damage. One of the clip nuts broke during disassembly though. I always question making sparks in vicinity of a gas tank, it just seems like a bad idea. But, the die grinder with cutoff wheel made quick work of it. I also was able to determine that the windshield trim and rear defrost duct probably got sold with the parts car. Bummer that.

Hello,
Good looking Charger. One of my favorite body styles to be sure. Patches are looking good!
I replaced my slide hammer with this tool called a "Stud Lever". This think works like a charm for pulling out dents with NO slippage like the slide hammer did and with real control of the dent instead of the hit or miss slide hammer I was using. Here's a few pics. I think it was like $35 bucks or so. Works great for me.
Don Jr.

I found this one on evil bay, looks like a great tool, thanks Mr Blue.
Steck Stud Lever Grips Studs Pull Pins Creating Accurate Pulls 20014 | eBay

Great video on the stud lever in action, wish I had one 7 years ago!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfsonLnIJLM

I grabbed one from Amazon, it's on the way.

I just did the same.

This thing has worked great for me. I hated the slide hammer for the same reasons (slippage, inaccurate pull, etc.) Just be careful not to over do it and make a bump instead of the dent you were trying to remove (Don't ask me how I know) :-) This tool has some serious leverage!
Don Jr.