Expert Welders - please help!
- Nelson
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what am I doing wrong? the swingarm is mild steel right?
also - the bracket and arm are both clean, bare metal. no paint or rust.
thanks
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a medium hard alloy rod that can deal with
the impurities in that old Jap steel.Clean
the spot down to bare metal.The rod comes
with amp setting instuctions for each diameter.
Use 3/32 rod and start at the low end of the
recommended settings.
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I suppose I'll have the same problem when I do the tail section frame mods I have in mind?
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being that you are working on a brake part and seem to be having some basic welding issues I would take it to a welding shop and pay them to do it right, last thing you want is to have a failure when you need it the most
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- Nelson
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As for the gas welding, in order for the rod your using to stick you have to begin to melt both pieces of metal you want to bind and insert the rod to bind the two melted beads. Its extremely hard to do especially if you dont have the proper heat output of your torch. Its alot like soldering electrical components.
yup, i know that much. i can usually do it fine with other things, just the swingarm is being really stubborn for some reason.
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a pro welder can do it in 5 minutes for a cheap fee, maybe just a case of beer.
you got to ask yourself if your life is worth taking the risk of it breaking.
not like it is a show part, it's your brakes!
might save your life someday.
better safe then dead.
someday i will be able to afford my kz habit.
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