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Post by badwithcomputer on May 27, 2013 8:42:38 GMT -4
Exhaust appt made for Thursday. Sunny Tuesday and Wednesday so I can take the bike. Hillary texted me this morning and told me things were rattling in the house as I left for work. Wish I still lived in my old crack neighbourhood.
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Post by C Monster on May 27, 2013 8:52:32 GMT -4
I bet it did ;D
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Post by Creepy on May 27, 2013 12:38:25 GMT -4
Those skids are going to bend. They really have to have some kind of vertical bracing. I posted it in the other thread too. The bent up lips will help a bit, but its not enough.
I'm curious what you paid for them. No mount holes?
Find a spot to weld 2" flat bar, standing on its edge, across the whole thing, in a couple of places. 3" would be even better. You have no 'section height' to combat bending moment. Taller the web, the harder to bend. It would add an exponential factor against bending.
The slide-in tube no longer sliding = good penetration on the flange weld. There are probably some bumps formed on the inside of the tube. If the fit was that tight, experience would have dictated the trans mount flange being welded on last. No biggy. If you wanted to get anal about it, cutting the tubes introduced two stress risers on your crossmember. If it bends,it will bend at the ends of those tubes you cut. Did they used to nearly touch? Judging by the thickness of the tubes, and the size of your rig, it shouldn't be a problem.
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Post by badwithcomputer on May 27, 2013 12:57:40 GMT -4
I am actually going to pick up some flat bar, for another reason. but I will pick up some more for this purpose. It is a pretty big span, my crossmember should run right down the middle and provide some decent support. the corners are pretty vulnerable though. My welding is shitty, I took pics. But it would be like posting pictures of a really gross looking obese lady and saying "check out my porn" Actually I could use some feed back since it was my 2nd time welding anything serious. Initially the tubes didn't touch in the middle, they had to be cut to fit. I did have them very close to touching once I got things together. One side I had to be cut twice after my little welding snafu. so there is about a 3" gap in the slide tubes. Thanks for the confirmation!
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Post by Creepy on May 27, 2013 13:06:32 GMT -4
Don't worry about the tubes, It will be fine for your usage.
Make the welding look more like the top part. the bottom parts is barely attached. Speed and hand control look pretty frickin good for first timer on that top part. Bead needs to be over to the tube side a bit more, maybe a wider weave into the tube, but that will hold. I'm assuming the penetration is as good as the cross member. Would need to see it and feel it to judge, hard in a pic.
The bottom part is just a striaght weld, no weave, and its barely attached to the tube. Slow down and weave. Its too fast, too straight, no weave, no heat into tube.
Lower section still - The sharp 1/4" corner is going to melt easily and look like good penetration, you have to make sure you are filling the gap underneath with the tube, and get more heat into the tube.
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Post by The Garagemahal on May 27, 2013 13:09:33 GMT -4
Angle iron would prob work better then flat bar , welded in as an upside down "v " As jan says about the welding. Turn the wire speed down a bit and stay in your " puddle " . When welding the sound should resemble bacon frying
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Post by Creepy on May 27, 2013 13:12:21 GMT -4
...and grind all that area you are welding. New steel has mill scale from the forming process, it should come off to weld. It contaminates the weld. flap disc works good.
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Post by badwithcomputer on May 27, 2013 13:12:33 GMT -4
Thanks! I'll make sure to slow down and increase my weave. The shittiest weld is my first weld of the day. I stopped and practised a bit on a piece of scrap before starting again. Hence the reason for the better weld the second time around.
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Post by badwithcomputer on May 27, 2013 13:16:57 GMT -4
Angle iron would prob work better then flat bar , welded in as an upside down "v " As jan says about the welding. Turn the wire speed down a bit and stay in your " puddle " . When welding the sound should resemble bacon frying More good tips! i fooled with the wire speed a bit but found I would lose the bacon sound or I would be pushing the wand away.
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Post by Creepy on May 27, 2013 13:26:32 GMT -4
wire speed is tough ,when you still don't know what you are doing. balls of wire rolling off tip when *trying* to weld = too slow (wire is melting before more arrives, can't maintain arc) bacon = good pushing gun away = too fast. Sneak up on pushing the gun away, and tune back down to bacon. Calorie free too! ;D
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Post by badwithcomputer on May 28, 2013 7:54:01 GMT -4
I started replacing the steel in my frame where the nutserts used to be. About a year ago they started spinning so I popped holes in the side and dropped some bolts down there and welded them in. Didn't think i'd ever go flat belly! So here I am cutting into a perfectly good frame.. Still looks pretty solid in there, a little scale but nothing serious. Once I get the other side opened up I'll hit it with the pressure washer really good, paint it and then fluid film as much as I can possibly reach. I made the mistake of being too scared and cutting the hole too small, that lead to three friggin' hours of grinding. I wont be so timid on the other side and should be able to button it up tonight. The flat bar I picked up (Thanks Aaron!) fits the bottom of the frame PERFECTLY. Not bad for eye balling it! Words of wisdom: I'd rather go through a pack of grinding discs using the gaurd, than slit my throat trying to do it in one. I hate hate hate grinding whilst laying on my back.
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Post by badwithcomputer on May 29, 2013 7:49:21 GMT -4
My newb'ness shines bright!
So I got my wicked awesome frame patches done, they fit and look professional. The welds on the nuts look fan-friggin-tastic. I get everything ready to weld it to the frame and give'r. I get it mostly done and my neck gets reaaaal tired so I figured why not weld up the hole on this side of the frame left from the last repair. I sit up and begin with doing that, pretty proud of my shit. I get half the hole welded and i get tired again and I toss a hot wire through the gap. The horror. I effectively welded one of my bolts into the nut that is now attached to me new friggin wicked frame. It's the equivalent to hitting the $10,000 in Plinko but the "you're in Hell" version. STUPID ME I should have welded up those old holes before I closed the frame up. I frantically tried to turn the bolt out before it completely cooled but my efforts were futile. I got it about three turns and nearly popped an eye ball. I screamed in agony, dogs howled in the neighbourhood. I cleaned up, went in and helped Hillary put together her ping pong table and we played until mid night.
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Post by C Monster on May 29, 2013 7:54:06 GMT -4
that's how it goes some time your new at it , it takes years and a butt loan of practice practice practice
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Post by The Garagemahal on May 29, 2013 7:58:37 GMT -4
Lmfao !!!
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Post by bill richards on May 29, 2013 8:54:57 GMT -4
ugh... bad luck. I'd probably cut the head off the bolt, then drill/tap. Might end up going a size bigger with the bolt... but you'll be the only one to know. lol
Bill
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