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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | There was a thread on here a while ago asking about welding new sections into a frame. The current issue of Custom Classic Trucks has an article where they shorten a frame 12" by removing a section. It is quite interesting and the cutting and welding is done on about a 45 degree angle. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 1,897 | It is best to do it at that angle as a butt-weld is not as strong unless you use a frame-glove(extra piece of frame to fit inside the original).Even then, it will add weight, a little but not much.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | Mechainiac,
I was just mentioning the article and actually this is something I know very little about. They mentioned the frame glove (not by that name) butI don't think that described how to weld it in. Wher would you place the welds on the reinforcements? Would you stay away form the corners? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 33 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 33 | the best way if you have the room, to remove or add a section of frame is to make a cut that looks like a z. so you leave the top of one section and the bottom of the mating section. dont know if that makes any sense.*L*. that way there isnt one single line where all the stress lands its spread out over a larger area less likely to fail. | | |
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