Welding to chassis
Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:51 pm
Can anyone tell me if u can weld to the chassis in South Australia?
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:16 pm
Does South Australia have a chassis?
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 10:15 am
Teeheehee 
Clown Boy,
To answer your question to the best of my knowledge, yes you can but it can only be with a gassless mig or any other welder that when the weld is done (no quenching allowed i think) that it is high tensile,
Gas MIG's only weld normal weld's unless quenched, then they are high tensile but it is too unreliable.
Any other weld's ( to diffs etc ) may be done by gas mig's as they need to flex.
This is only what i was told 2 weekend's ago when my engineer mate was here helping me ( read: welding, to get a tick
) do my SPOA on my 60.
Hope this help's
Steve.
Clown Boy,To answer your question to the best of my knowledge, yes you can but it can only be with a gassless mig or any other welder that when the weld is done (no quenching allowed i think) that it is high tensile,
Gas MIG's only weld normal weld's unless quenched, then they are high tensile but it is too unreliable.
Any other weld's ( to diffs etc ) may be done by gas mig's as they need to flex.
This is only what i was told 2 weekend's ago when my engineer mate was here helping me ( read: welding, to get a tick
) do my SPOA on my 60.Hope this help's
Steve.
Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2006 9:41 pm
cool thanks
just doing an engine conertion and wanted to weld the new engine mounts straight to the chassis.
just doing an engine conertion and wanted to weld the new engine mounts straight to the chassis.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:22 am
I would of thought gas mig would be ok for welding to the chassis Steve.
Thats all we used to weld pretty much everything (including engine mounts) on Sigmas and Magnas at Mitsi's all those years ago.
Most welded components on any car are gas mig welded together at manufacture too.
I've used gasless mig and I wouldn't trust trust it on anything structural. Has too much slag inclusion and less rutile strength than gas mig or arc welds.
I'm not doubting Nige but gas mig welds are the most common found everywhere on a vehicle.
Crash repairers only use autocraft wire to weld busted cars back together.
Thats all we used to weld pretty much everything (including engine mounts) on Sigmas and Magnas at Mitsi's all those years ago.
Most welded components on any car are gas mig welded together at manufacture too.
I've used gasless mig and I wouldn't trust trust it on anything structural. Has too much slag inclusion and less rutile strength than gas mig or arc welds.
I'm not doubting Nige but gas mig welds are the most common found everywhere on a vehicle.
Crash repairers only use autocraft wire to weld busted cars back together.
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:53 pm
don't know what planet that u guys are on but last i looked(i no im in qld ) but Mig welding with app. gas is at the lower class of high tensile with most wires due to the heat, thats why you need t o no what you are doing 
hope this helps
hope this helps