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| | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 | Ordered a pair of the corner bed strips that weld to the side of the box and hold down the bed wood. didnt notice till after the fact that they are stainless steel. Can I still weld them to the bed as advertised or is there something special you have to do for stainless? | | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 | Just what I wanted to hear...thank you. | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 . | | . Joined: May 2005 Posts: 8,878 | | | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 | Yes you can weld them on. It is also a good idea to clamp a block of aluminum or copper to the angle where it is being welded to reduce scaling and prevent melting of the stainless surface. See our angle strip removal and installation instructions below for more information about this technique. http://www.mar-k.com/37-53anglestrips.pdfhttp://www.mar-k.com/54-72anglestrips.pdfhttp://www.mar-k.com/73-87anglestrips.pdfYou will also have to polish the weld mark out when you are finished. Hope this helps.
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | Yes you can weld them on. You will also have to polish the weld mark out when you are finished.
Hope this helps. Is it possible to bond them on, bearing in mind many manufacturers use bond on car body panels nowadays? Any comments?
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 406 | jockbolter50 - We have no experience with the process and we hope that someone who has used it in this or a similar application will share their experience.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,750 | I'll post a thread in paint and body.
Thanks for the response.
1950 Chevy Advance Design 3100 in ScotlandIn the Stovebolt GalleryMore pix on Flickr. I've definately got this truck thing in my blood ... my DNA sequence has torque settings"Of all the small nations of this earth,perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind" Winston Churchill.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 66 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 66 | Hello,
I have a dumb question. Why do you have to weld them on? Were the originals welded or bolted to the bed sides? Thank you, | | | | | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 Bubba - Curmudgeon | | Bubba - Curmudgeon Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 29,269 |
I am almost certain they were originally spot-welded on.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,887 | I'm as certain as Tim that they were welded, never seen any originals on any year bolted
Bill | | | | | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | yeah, they would glue fine if you didn't want to weld; panel-bond is amazing stuff-metal will tear before it lets go | | | | | Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 224 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 224 | APV60 - tclederman is right, most of them are welded. 3" spacing between spot welds. You could use bolts, every 6", but that's a lot of bolts. Usually only rear fenders or structural members were attached by bolts to bedsides.
However, the strips are usually attached to the bed floor with bolts at the same 6" spacing. You could use bolts, but the bolts in the corners and double bolts at 6" along an angle strip looks kind of funny.
P.S. There are no dumb questions here, just the silly mistakes we make for not asking.
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