GYS Glue Pulling Systems: A New Approach to Dent Repair for Collision Shops

Collision repair technicians have more options than ever when deciding how to approach a damaged panel. Welding studs, keys or pulling wire to steel remains an important part of conventional dent repair, but not every repair needs to begin with a welder.

PDR & glue pulling gives technicians another option.

Using professional adhesives, pulling tabs and specialized pulling tools, technicians can apply controlled pulling force from the exterior of a panel without welding a pulling point directly to the surface.

For collision repair centers working on today's mix of steel and aluminum exterior panels, glue pulling provides another useful process alongside traditional metal straightening and weld-on dent pulling.

Grade A Tools is expanding its professional PDR & glue pulling offering with GYS equipment, tools and consumables—including two complete systems designed for different shop environments:

• GYS 085770 — 111-Piece Portable Glue Dent Removal Kit

• GYS 087859 — GYSMART PDR & Glue Dent Pulling & Removal Workstation

Why Collision Repair Shops Are Adding Glue Pulling

Glue pulling is often associated with Paintless Dent Repair, but its usefulness isn't limited to traditional PDR work.

In a collision repair environment, technicians routinely encounter damage that requires different approaches. The goal isn't to make one repair method work for every dent. It's to give the technician enough options to select the right process for the repair.

Glue pulling can provide several advantages:

• No welding of a pulling point directly to the exterior panel

• Exterior access to many damaged areas

• Controlled pulling using different tab shapes and pulling methods

• Applications on steel and aluminum exterior panels

• Ability to combine glue pulling with other metal-straightening techniques

• Potential to preserve the existing finish when the condition of the panel and repair allow it

A technician may use a glue tab and slide hammer for one repair, a pulling bridge for another, and conventional welded pulling equipment on the next vehicle.

Glue pulling doesn't replace metal straightening—it adds another tool to the technician's repair strategy.

Start with a Portable System: GYS 085770

For a shop introducing glue pulling or wanting a system that can easily move from one repair area to another, the GYS 085770 111-Piece Portable Glue Dent Removal Kit provides a complete professional starting point.

Rather than purchasing the basic tools individually, GYS packages the primary pulling equipment, glue tabs and accessories into an organized carrying case.

The 111-piece system includes:

• 400W professional hot glue gun

• 20 glue sticks

• Multiple styles and sizes of glue pulling tabs

• Dual-support bridge pulling bars

• Glue pull bars with integrated steel rails

• Multi-profile pulling attachments

• 200g lightweight slide hammer

• T-handle puller

• Impact hammer

• Rubber mallet

• Aluminum high-spot knockdown pen

• Glue tab removal pliers

• Non-marring plastic wedge

• 600 ml spray bottle

• Durable carrying case

The system is designed for steel and aluminum exterior body panels and provides technicians with multiple pulling methods for different dent sizes, shapes and panel contours.

Its biggest advantage for many collision shops may simply be its portability.

The case can be stored when it isn't needed and brought directly to the vehicle when a repair calls for glue pulling.

That makes the GYS 085770 particularly useful for a shop that wants to add professional glue-pulling capability without dedicating permanent floor space to a workstation.

View the GYS 085770 111-Piece Portable Glue Dent Removal Kit

Taking Glue Pulling Further: GYS 087859 GYSMART

A shop that performs glue pulling regularly has a different challenge: organization.

As the number of tabs, pullers, bridges, hammers and accessories grows, keeping everything together becomes increasingly important.

The GYS 087859 GYSMART PDR & Glue Dent Pulling & Removal Workstation approaches glue pulling as a complete work area rather than simply a portable kit.

Importantly, the GYSMART workstation includes the GYS 085770 111-piece kit and builds on it with additional professional equipment organized around a premium mobile trolley.

The workstation includes:

• GYS 085770 111-Piece Glue Dent Removal Kit

• Premium mobile trolley

• Heat gun

• Dent removal lamp

• Infrared thermometer

• 1.7 kg inertia hammer

• Set of aluminum hammers

• Arc Puller Premium Pro

• Glue pulling repair hook

• 4-toothed claw bar

• Dent removal bar

For a production collision center, the workstation approach can help:

• Keep PDR & glue pulling equipment organized

• Keep frequently used tools readily accessible

• Move equipment between repair bays

• Reduce time spent collecting individual tools

• Establish a more consistent glue-pulling work area

The distinction between the two GYS systems is straightforward:

The GYS 085770 provides a complete 111-piece portable system. The GYS 087859 takes that system and expands it into a dedicated mobile workstation.

View the GYS 087859 GYSMART PDR & Glue Pulling Workstation

The Glue Is Just as Important as the Puller

One of the easiest mistakes when evaluating glue-pulling equipment is focusing entirely on the tools.

The system depends on the adhesive.

Temperature, panel conditions, tab selection and the glue being used can all affect the pulling process. Unlike a pulling bridge or slide hammer, glue is a consumable.

Grade A Tools supplies professional PDR & dent pulling glue sticks along with complete glue-pulling kits and accessories.

This is an important part of how we're building our PDR & glue-pulling offering.

We don't want to sell a shop a glue-pulling system and leave it searching for the products required to keep using it.

Shop Professional PDR Glue Sticks

One Dent Doesn't Mean One Pulling Tool

Look inside a professional glue-pulling system and you'll quickly see why there are so many different tabs and pulling accessories.

Damage isn't uniform.

A small dent, long crease and broad low area may each require a different approach. Technicians can change the size and shape of the pulling point as well as the method used to apply force.

Depending on the repair, that may involve:

• Individual glue tabs

• Slide hammers

• T-handle pullers

• Mini pulling bridges

• Adjustable pulling bridges

• Multi-tab pulling systems

• Pulling hooks or claws

• Leverage-style pulling tools

• Knockdown tools for controlling high areas

Grade A Tools also offers individual PDR & glue-pulling tools that can be used to expand a shop's capabilities.

Additional PDR & Glue Pulling Tools

PDR & Wiggle Wire T-Handle Dent Pulling Kit | GAT-TPULL-01
A controlled manual pulling system with interchangeable PDR glue-tab pulling heads and a 2-hook pulling claw.

PDR & Wiggle Wire Slide Hammer with Bear Claw | GAT-TPULL-02
A multi-configuration slide-hammer system for PDR glue tabs, wiggle wire and weld ring tabs.

PDR Glue Tab Pulling Heads | GAT-GT-3001
Interchangeable pulling heads for connecting compatible PDR glue tabs to leverage bars, T-handles and slide hammers.

4-Hook Dent Pulling Claw | GAT-LB-H4
A multi-point pulling claw compatible with PDR glue pulling as well as conventional dent-pulling applications.

This is where a complete system becomes valuable.

Instead of trying to make one tool handle every repair, the technician can configure the pulling setup around the damage.

Equipment Is Only the Beginning

Professional collision repair equipment needs support after the initial purchase.

Glue gets consumed. Tabs eventually need replacement. Technicians add different pulling tools as they encounter new repair situations.

That's why Grade A Tools is building its PDR & glue pulling offering around both equipment and ongoing shop supplies.

That includes:

• Complete GYS glue-pulling systems

• PDR dent pulling glue

• Replacement glue tabs

• Pulling bridges

• Slide hammers

• T-handle pullers

• Pulling hooks and claws

• Leverage pulling tools

• Knockdown tools

• Replacement and expansion accessories

A shop should be able to purchase the equipment and return to the same source when it needs the products that keep that equipment productive.

GYS + Grade A Tools

Grade A Tools has supplied professional collision repair equipment, replacement parts and consumables since 2001.

Our expanding GYS offering adds professional equipment covering multiple areas of modern collision repair, including:

• PDR & glue pulling

• Aluminum dent repair

• Steel dent pulling

• Dent pulling consumables

• Welding equipment and accessories

• Panel repair tools

• Specialized collision-repair equipment

With glue pulling, we're applying the same philosophy we use throughout Grade A Tools:

Sell the equipment. Stock the consumables. Support the shop after the sale.

For shops getting started, the GYS 085770 111-Piece Portable Glue Dent Removal Kit provides a comprehensive system that can be taken directly to the vehicle.

For facilities developing a dedicated glue-pulling operation, the GYS 087859 GYSMART PDR & Glue Dent Pulling Workstation combines the 085770 kit with a mobile trolley and additional professional dent-repair equipment.

And as the shop's capabilities grow, Grade A Tools can supply the glue, tabs, pulling tools and accessories needed for the next repair.

Shop GYS Collision Repair Equipment at Grade A Tools