Welding Cast Steel

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I need to weld a link bracket, and part of my track bar to the cast housing. I did the spark test, and I believe I have a cast steel housing, do you treat it like carbon steel, and use GMAW, or is a high nickel filler required even though its not cast iron?
 
I used nickle when welding to the diff I helped shave a 14 bolt last year no problems.
 
Preheat with a torch, weld it with nickel rod, wrap it with a welding blanket to make sure it doesn't cool to quickly. Of course I just migged mine and it hasn't cracked yet. You can also peen(sp?) it to help with stress relief. Just try your best to get some of the mounts on the tube to help with strength. A trackbar takes a lot of side to side force so it will need to be really strong.
 
Jeff B said:
I used nickle when welding to the diff I helped shave a 14 bolt last year no problems.
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Jeff did a great job, no problem with anything. we had to pretty much rebuild the housing because I gave it one serious flat top.

I have also used my mig to attach my ram to my 60 housing and have had no problems. I did beat it to death with the needle scaler as I welded it.
 
Down&Dirty said:
Preheat with a torch, weld it with nickel rod, wrap it with a welding blanket to make sure it doesn't cool to quickly.

You can also use sand to pack around after welding to cool slowly.

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What kind of housing is it? If it's cast steel, you can mig it easily. If it's a 14b, forget welding anything important to the centersection. Pre and post heat are of course not a bad idea either.
 
braxton357 said:
What kind of housing is it? If it's cast steel, you can mig it easily. If it's a 14b, forget welding anything important to the centersection. Pre and post heat are of course not a bad idea either.
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Its a D44. I wasn't sure if the difference between cast steel, and cold rolled steel would require a different welding process.
 
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