Hi there, any thoughts about this Partial Welded Piece and the Weld Seam , reweld Or leave it as it is ?
v8250
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The welds could be much better. Importantly, what's the surrounding steel like and is the patch of correct thickness? If this was mine and I was happy with the parent metal and repair patch I'd clean out the existing repair welds, lay in new weld and lightly buzz back. I far prefer to see clean strong even weld protruding from a repair than buzzing back to surface and covering with a chassis paint/schultz and/or waxoyl.
Id reweld that but Im a fussy bugger with my welding, agree with his prep work though.. the surrounding
metal needs cleaning right back it looks rusty, dirty & contaminated with sealant.
You really needed a gap between the bits of steel before welding, then you can grind the weld down with no issues, what you may have there is a butt joint with most of the weld sitting on the surface, and as you have flap disced down most of the protruding weld there may not be much actual weld holding the steel together?
Yup a v joint is wots needed.
If boroscope shows the weld has made it through then no worries its good to go.
Gotcha I thought that was the front side!
So did eye.
