cjoec01

After discovering a crack, had the welder reinforce things a bit.


The right inside is requiring a bit of grinding to get the engine mount to
line up due to clearance on the side.
Unless the welding caused the frame to warp??? Grind away tomrrow some more.

Kevmo7

Good welding man, good job.

"Bacons Hot, Need a Spot"

could you please explain that?

old man roger

daaaaaaaaaaaamn ....lol

villa76

Im gonna guess cops keep kicking him out.

Armenian

yikes. im still up in the air about keeping my 07 and these threads don't help lol

Towlieee

Looks good man!

Looks REAL nice!

Topek

im a welder and i wouldnt grind to much away that weld doosnt look like it pennitrated that good

old man roger

the frames are paper thin so you can't cook the weld to deep on the frame it self or it will just crack at the weld ..

Armenian

so in other words, its like gluing paper to paper.

cjoec01

Nah glued cardboard to paper, LOL. Came to the conclusion that the frame got tweaked a bit from the fall, one motor mount wouldn't line up or it would and the rear ones wouldn't. took out the collar and its together. My SI cage barely went back on.

old man roger

if you didn't take the gap out where the crack was and just welded it up then thats where the problem came from or if your welder just ran the whole bead all at once that will warp it also

old man roger

you can run as long of a bead as you want as long as the frame is in a jig and left there to cool but if not too much welding at one time will warp it ..

a jig would keep all the mounting points in the right place while the aluminum expands and contracts while welding and cooling

DWJmoto

+1 same here not sure if I'm gonna keep mine or not... but if I end up beefing my frame up I'll keep it