Don't let that stop you Paul, if something snaps that you bought
from a vendor as a steering part and you survive, then when the
lawyers get finished, you might just own your own vintage auto
parts store.
All this talk is fruitless unless we actually see the part that
failed and the method in which it failed.
Charlie had a wheel failure a few years back where the welds
at the joint of the center to the rim cracked. From the
pictures it's clear to see that they started at a stress riser
at the edge of the weld and progressed from there. Clearly
the weld crater was not allowed to fill or the bead was
undercut or there was to much stress locked up in the weld
and it should have had some sort of stress relief after the welding.
dg
Last edited by Denny Graham; 03/15/2015 3:00 PM.
