Neil,

Over the Xmas holidays I worked on a spare set of trailing arms. I cut the pinch weld and welded in 1/8" thick plates to reinforce the area where the pinch seam was. This was to create more space between tire and trailing arm. I tig welded that with no problems. At the same time I decided to weld down the plate that the spring pad sits on. My thought was to seal up a rust prone area. That welding didn't go as smoothly. Even though I cleaned up the area well, there was some sort of material between the plate and the arm which bubbled and popped out during welding. I must have gone through at least half of a new tungsten, very frustrating. A mig gun would have been the ticket there, but our mig is set up and reserved for aluminum and I'd be in big trouble if I swapped in steel wire :).

This was a Xmas present for a friend. He had them powder coated (black) and I just saw them the other day after paint. For an old set of arms they turned out pretty nice.

Alistair

> On Jan 18, 2015, at 11:40 AM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Dennis. Nice pics.
> 
> From my POV as a relatively inexperienced weldor (MIG only so far),
> if the rust hasn't progressed too far, I'm sure the metal gauge on the
> arm provides a "forgiving" surface to weld to.
> 
>> On 1/18/15, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> Here is a link to some repair pictures.
>> I have seen the springs fall out. Usually they get caught on the shock.
>> 
>> https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=9B02084A888884A6!29541&authkey=!ANs6xPswP6x7Xyk&ithint=folder%2cjpg
> 
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