BURLEIGH Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well, I guess I should've paid a little closer attention to where the pipe seam was before I bent the pipe, but nevertheless... I thought I would just take a thin cutoff wheel and grind it out a little and weld it back up, but maybe you guys know of a better solution??? It's 3/4" thick wall pipe and shouldn't see too much stress, but I do want to at least weld it to make sure it doesn't keep cracking. Do you think I should drill holes at each end and fill them up with weld too to make sure it stops? Thanks in advance for any input! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
240hoke Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think you should buy new tube! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURLEIGH Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 I think you should buy new tube! Well, I would, but I just spent a lot of time making this piece look identical to another... (see this thread: http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=156209) I didn't notice the split until after I was done. I got all this pipe from the scrap pile of the local steel siupplier for $10 so I guess I should've expected something like this. I don't think it's going to be too tough to fix, but wanted to see if any of you guys had run into something like this before. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Drill each end of the crack (and make sure you find the end) and weld it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURLEIGH Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 Well, no more cracky! (as my 3yr old daughter would say...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNkEyT88 Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 Good job.. Most tubing is welded together anyway, so if welded correctly it should be as strong as it was before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BURLEIGH Posted November 17, 2009 Author Share Posted November 17, 2009 Good job.. Most tubing is welded together anyway, so if welded correctly it should be as strong as it was before. Thanks. I think it will hold fine for it's application:burnout: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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