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[Patchy]

by fish plates do you mean instead of having square or rectangle (what ever the case may be) plates that you weld the the chassi you have say more of a dymond shape plate eg. but rotated 90degres

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Patchy...different people have been told different things, so speak to an engineer regarding what your gunna be doing!

and yes fishplating is welding as such <>

if you weld vertically (or horizontally) it'll create a stress point, but welding on the angle, will spread the stress out and be alot less likely to crack and fatigue.

I'm no expert so if I'm wrong can someone plesae shoot me down!

Simon

[ozy1]

well like i said, i have just been throught engineering, and my engineer told me if welding to the chassis either weld vertically or in a <=> shape on the angles but definatly told me not to weld horizontally, this is in NSW

[Patchy]

cheers guys! this helps alot, im too cheap and lazy to see an engineer and i can get all the info req from people that know more than i from their own personal exp.

thanx again. Aaron

[Mick.]

Mine are u bolted around the chassis.


Cheers Mick.

hey mick is your patrol a gq or gu? does it have a body lift? i had a look at mine and there is very little room between the chassis and the body. or did u just find enough room to squeeze in the top bolt.

Mines a GQ and yes it was a tight fit.

Cheers Mick.

[Mick.]

well like i said, i have just been throught engineering, and my engineer told me if welding to the chassis either weld vertically or in a <=> shape on the angles but definatly told me not to weld horizontally, this is in NSW

Your spot on. I've got a copy of the ADRs here and those rules are Australia wide.

If anyone wants to see these rules and regulations can be found on www.myrta.com

It may take a while to find though because that web site is a maze.

Cheers Mick.