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welding trailing arms

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welding trailing arms

Post by 86MUD »

Howdy

I am about to sleeve my rear trailing arms ton my 86 Rangie to strengthen. To hold the new steel pipe over the existing arm, I was just going to put a few tabs of weld to stop any movement.

So, my question is are Range Rover rear trailing arms ok to weld?

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Post by 6.5 rangie »

Not supposed to weld trailing arms at all, just drill some holes in the sleeves and fill with silicon, won't move then
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Post by rick130 »

further Q,
are the OE ones friction/resistance welded right through ??
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Post by 86MUD »

Damien,

IS that a legal issue or is it because of the type/thickness of steel?

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Post by 6.5 rangie »

No just something an engineer told me (guy who does LRA's stuff), they don't like seeing welding on the trailing arms. Easy enough to fill with silicon though.
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Post by DK »

Engineers dont like anything being welded which is fair enough too as with out been able to x-ray the weld they cant tell if its any good or not..

Its very easy to make a mig weld look good...

In answer to your question yes they can be welded.
I have a set on my 110 that are sleeved,cranked and welded and a set on my Rangie that are sleeved and welded..A few mates have done there Discos too.....Is it legal no,but neither are 35inch tyres

If u wanted to get it engineered u could always plug weld them and grind the welds back smooth and paint them...They wont have any weld showing that way
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Post by 86MUD »

I couldn't care about it being engineered...I just want strength. I am sure a small amount of weld at each end will be ok.

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