blue missile
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I thought I would post pics of the B-sectomy.
After measuring the axle tube and figuring out how much needed to be removed from the length of each side I blued and scribed two lines around the tube with the amount to be removed between them.
I also scribed indexing lines on each side, and cut out the sections to be removed with a 4" grinder.
I then used an old woodworking trick for clamping dowels.
Using two pieces of angle and four long hose clamps i reassembled the pieces. I lined up the index lines and left enough space between the angles to get really good surface welds on two sides of each half (tacks).
I then removed all the angles and ground a double fillet (vee groove) along the seam where the tacks were not.
I was careful to measure the depth with a set of mics and went 80% of the thickness of the tube wall.
After welding the groove, and making sure there was good penetration past the bottom of the groove, I ground off the tacks and repeated the process where the tacks were.
I setup the seam to be further reinforced by the 4 link bracket on each side, which will span the seam.
Andrew
After measuring the axle tube and figuring out how much needed to be removed from the length of each side I blued and scribed two lines around the tube with the amount to be removed between them.
I also scribed indexing lines on each side, and cut out the sections to be removed with a 4" grinder.
I then used an old woodworking trick for clamping dowels.
Using two pieces of angle and four long hose clamps i reassembled the pieces. I lined up the index lines and left enough space between the angles to get really good surface welds on two sides of each half (tacks).
I then removed all the angles and ground a double fillet (vee groove) along the seam where the tacks were not.
I was careful to measure the depth with a set of mics and went 80% of the thickness of the tube wall.
After welding the groove, and making sure there was good penetration past the bottom of the groove, I ground off the tacks and repeated the process where the tacks were.
I setup the seam to be further reinforced by the 4 link bracket on each side, which will span the seam.
Andrew