Random pic thread.

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Fabrik8 said:
You forgot to clean off the drum brakes.
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they work so they're staying. Actually converting to disc doesn't benefit much in my experience.. (then you get to reproportion the brakes, and deal with hooking parking brake up etc.. more aggravating than it's worth.)

However. I gouged a little deep.. guess it's because the power coming into the shop had a high resistance connection that caused it to burn out last week, and now it's stronger and better running than before. But that's fixed up now.

Started with (this may be the other side, not sure didn't take too close pictures until I started welding)
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Gouged it out with the grinder and ran a single pass (one of the two I stopped and came back from the other direction to finish it)

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Hit it with wire wheel

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And then polished it off with the grinder

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It'll be ok I guess. I don't claim to be a pro, but I don't see any reason that's not serviceable.
 
a_kelley said:
they work so they're staying. Actually converting to disc doesn't benefit much in my experience.. (then you get to reproportion the brakes, and deal with hooking parking brake up etc.. more aggravating than it's worth.)

However. I gouged a little deep.. guess it's because the power coming into the shop had a high resistance connection that caused it to burn out last week, and now it's stronger and better running than before. But that's fixed up now.

Started with (this may be the other side, not sure didn't take too close pictures until I started welding)
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Gouged it out with the grinder and ran a single pass (one of the two I stopped and came back from the other direction to finish it)

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Hit it with wire wheel

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And then polished it off with the grinder

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It'll be ok I guess. I don't claim to be a pro, but I don't see any reason that's not serviceable.
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I have seen worse holdup for a long time.

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Stuntman Autoworks said:
I have seen worse holdup for a long time.

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eek. There's nearly no penetration on that end... It doesn't appear that it was beveled at all, or even had appear to have been fully penetrated on both sides of the joint. I've had this FCAW unit since about 2008 or so and I've done some bend tests, so I'm reasonably confident I can make stuff one piece.. within limits that I tested (3/16 to 3/16, single pass).. anything more than that, I'll tack it up and call my friend over with his ranger and let him have at it, but I built the bumpers on @336wheeler xj and tested and inspected them for cracks every few months, and the rear bumper is a hitch also and I would tow plenty more (6k average, 10k was the most ever and I wouldn't get over 35mph) than I should have with it (cut to bus full of nuns getting kilt. Even though I had a brake controller)
 
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Our gate is malfunctioning, while taking a pic to send to the “gate” people some friends drop by. Got pretty close, within 10ft before darting off. I think I was blocking their attempt to cross the bridge to get to the apple trees

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a_kelley said:
they work so they're staying. Actually converting to disc doesn't benefit much in my experience.. (then you get to reproportion the brakes, and deal with hooking parking brake up etc.. more aggravating than it's worth.)

However. I gouged a little deep.. guess it's because the power coming into the shop had a high resistance connection that caused it to burn out last week, and now it's stronger and better running than before. But that's fixed up now.

Started with (this may be the other side, not sure didn't take too close pictures until I started welding)
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Gouged it out with the grinder and ran a single pass (one of the two I stopped and came back from the other direction to finish it)

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Hit it with wire wheel

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And then polished it off with the grinder

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It'll be ok I guess. I don't claim to be a pro, but I don't see any reason that's not serviceable.
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The weld will be fine but that tube is a guaranteed 1/4"+ out of alignment at the bearing end now.
 
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