Haha I was about to say your dam lucky you have the body off! Haha!! As for the crossmember extensions that side over, how did you clamp them? Big clamps or does it only just slide over?? If not I will need to invest in some clamps I think
Sheden cheers for the tips mate! What have you don’t about the wiring loom? Did you attach a draw cord to it etc? How did you stop it from melting with the welding?
When you say cut and replace you mean just cut and then remake sections for the crossmember to slide onto?
I just hope the...
That’s good news, I have been hung up all day trying to get the weld to penetrate through properly, that’s great! Looks like I’m ok to have a go at the patching then get my confidence up for the chassis then!
Eddie this is the cross member I’m on about, you don’t run it over the rusted chassis it goes over the clean part of the chassis that’s been cut and tidied up, it’s a normal part as to how to properly repair chassis without a replacement full one
The tests played I measure out to be 3mm...
Cheers gaz, must be me I just can’t seem to get the right penetration if I go to slow I mean literally hold over a second more I get blow through if not I don’t seem to get a decent amount of penetration, nice to know it’s ok to use up to 5mm tho!
Cheers angel,
Only one of the plates had rust on which was on the underside in a section that I didn’t realise, still no excuse for not cleaning,
The but welds will be fine i think for the patching but I’m more worried about the “lapjoint” for the rear crossmember that is basically the same...
Hi chaps,
I have had a Clarke 151en for a couple of years now, done the odd bit of welding here and there but nothing structural I’m talking, putting fishing hooks onto the end of poles to use as gaffs, the odd bracket here and there to hold tools in my workshop, I had the idea of welding a...
And it’s complete!! Bar a coat of paint!! Good few inches gained as well and should push nicely off and be floating before I can’t push it in the water anymore
Picture below of the metal plate and it being welded(professionally) onto the 50mm box, first holes at the beginning are for an L piece as the actual trailer box has welds at the end and makes the whole plate un even, I then have two bolts drilled in to go right the way through on not sides and...
Pitmole,
Thank you for your wise words, I actually went and got the plates welded and measured in the end professionally by an ex retired marine fabricator so it’s all been measured etc accurately, I got the first plate painted and bolted yesterday, I have gone with 4 M12 high tensile bolts and...
Jig thank you, I think I’m literally going to go with bolting the metal plate to the box section rather than weld, puts strain on the bolts but my engineering friend has given me 10mm plate for the same
Price as 6mm as he can’t be arsed getting the 6mm cut
Thanks for all your help mate I’ll put...
Jig that’s great, slightly different how I’m thinking because you have your big box section underneath, still think 6mm will be enough??
Also while your on this, if I’m welding thick 6mm plate to some 3mm box section, my welder only really works at 150max amps so I’m wondering if this is still...