Hello
The bike is used mainly in woodland so very few rocks around. You are right though the bash plate was difficult to remove and looks bent. I think we will bite the bullet and order a new one and use it as a pattern to straighten the old one, we will then have a spare.
I think a press is a sound idea and much safer to use luckily we access to one so we will let you know how we get on.
Thanks for the advice.
Gary