Bent bimini aluminum support

[mcgolfr]

I forgot to lower my bimini top and ran into the boat shed and bent the front aluminum support backwards so the front part of the bimini top now sags terribly.
Any suggestions for bending the support back into shape. The support is square aluminum. Jim

 

[5150abf]

Re: Bent bimini aluminum support

Take it off the boat and remove the canvas and work it out against something hard like a deck rail or something, go really slow and do one side at a time in little bits and keep checking for cracking, extrusion gets harder over time so it could be pretty brittle.

The anodizing will probably crack but not much you can do about that.

 

[Jeep Man]

Re: Bent bimini aluminum support

Remove the bent part. Sandwich it in a large vise with a piece of 2x4 on both sides. Crank it tight. This will prevent putting more kinks in it and damaging the anodized coating.