seam welding and rear suspension strengthening, What to do, What I did... Options

[Andyrew]

So my project for a stronger chassis has begun.

Heres were Im at right now. Took the suspension out today.

I'll go do some welding and prep tonight, hit the bed, see what you guys say, and do some more welding tomorrow.

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Picture of some buckling of the suspension. Other side has a raised area, but is generally flat, this side has raised and concave area's. I'll be adding something here for strenthening, a tube? A flat piece of metal? A triangle?

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Here is some area's im going to weld, any two pieces joined together I will stitch weld.

[J P Stein]

Do it , Andrew.
Some of your passes are gonna look like hammered shit initially.....but that's why they make grinders. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) Just concentrate on your puddle & the movement required to tie the metal together.....setting the heat & feed takes some fooling around, but once you're close, you'll see it.

You're gonna have to do some overhead and that's where it gets tough. Make sure you have some leathers to keep the hot stuff off your pink body.....most of the time. The smell of burning hair and sound of sizzling flesh is all just part of the fun......a couple months later, you'll laugh about it. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)