Ryan
in a previous life i was a welder. sounds like lack of penetration or severe
under-cut. wire welders make anyone look like they know how to weld. if i
were you, i'd take it to a welding shop. they can run a grinder over the old
welds and put a cap on the welds. shouldn't take long or cost to much. it
would be a lot cheaper than having someone inspect the welds, they charge a
lot because they are specialized and you would still have to pay the welding
shop. any good welder can look at a weld to see if it is good or not.
Kurt
>From: Ryan Border <rborder@earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: Ryan Border <rborder@earthlink.net>
>To: oletrucks@autox.team.net
>Subject: [oletrucks] Busted frame ;-(
>Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:12:10 -0600 (GMT)
>
>Long time no update.
>
>In a nutshell, I and my previous employer parted ways
>last fall, putting a pretty severe restriction on my
>project spending. So, the truck has sat idle, with only
>a little tinkering here and there since September.
>
>However, a new job was found, and I'm looking forwards to
>getting going on it again. The change necessitated a move:
>I'm now in/near Wichita, KS (any ole-truckers nearby?). The
>truck arrived here yesterday; but to my dismay it arrived with
>a break on the frame.
>
>The right-side Mustang-II spring mount decided to partially
>separate from the frame rail. It was welded to the top and
>side of the rail; the welds on the side broke. Under the force
>of the spring, it bent up, twisting inwards (still attached to
>the top of the frame) bending the top flange of the frame
>with it. At first, I thought I just had a flat air-spring.
>
>Sigh.
>
>I can't be too upset- I'm much happier to see this break happen
>while the truck is getting bounced around in a trailer than
>while I'm driving it around a corner at 70mph. And, no mater
>what he did, the trucking company should not have been able to
>break the weld; it's simply a bad weld. I haven't gotten in
>deep enough to really look at it, but I suspect a lack of
>penetration of the weld into the frame rail.
>
>My REAL worry is the rest of the welds. The mustangII mounts
>were welded in when I bought this frame- along with some other
>mods. I'm now wondering how I can check the rest of the welding
>work that was done before I owned it... or if there's some way
>to go back over them all (at least the critical ones) to ensure
>they're OK (somebody suggested a tig-torch).
>
>Cheers-
>Ryan.
>rborder@earthlink.net
>http://home.earthlink.net/~rborder/truck
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