I love the Mig welders Even a flux is ok it just can't do the really big stuff.basketcase0302 wrote:Dustin, thanks for the vote of confidence!:thup:Worrying that heat will somehow temper and ruin the frame is ignorance.
Known scientific fact that heat tempering metal makes it brittle, (done properly it will make the metal stronger/but still more brittle).
Our frames are made to "twist" under load! When they don't twist/they break! I have also found this out the hard way.
Look at all the chebby 4X4's that have had the weak frame repaired, (this is done with a plate welded over a cracked steering box area).
This "quick-fix" on the chebby's only weakens an already "brittle" fame area. I've seen dozens of them break the frame after that repair.
I've also got expierence with welding on frames for severe use, (more specifically the "tuff trucks" competitions I've entered).
Nope, my welds never broke, but adjacent to them is another story!
All I'm trying to say here is not to weld on a frame if you don't have to, (or at least mig weld instead of stick weld to limit the heat you're putting into the metal).
Jeff
I talked to the body man thats painting my truck and he said we can just hammer it over a tad. I for got that he had made totaled cars into new ones. Sence its not off much we wont need to heat it up. last night he came out to look at it.
Thanks ever for Do's and Dont's
