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Fubar no. Dent in alittle yes. I am going to heat it up and pound it back smooth.

What welding rod do you think? I have 6013, 7013, 7014, and one other. I also plan on using kinda high amp setting for good penetration (also heat up the metal up as well).

I do know that if it was that big a bitch to pound off then with it on and a good weld, its not going anywhere.

Well I got the 6" exactly cut off just before it looked like it was going to rain. I will have to wait a couple of days before I can pound it back on the tube and weld it.

Was the original tube turned down at all?

Have you been taking pictures of the process?

No it wasnt turned down at all. Pics not really. My wife took some of me grinding but in way too dirty to get my camera out when im by myself. I will take some before its put back together.

Ok I got out today as it was nice and sunny and warm (50's). I got it pounded back on and lined up. I cleaned all the grease off and rust.

Now I just want to make sure that this is just steel not some wierd kind of steel that would take a different rod. I know the cast is steel and not iron. Here are the pics

Well using 7014 rod was good until I rushed toward the end and it got ugly. I also want to go over with another layer to build up the weld as much as the stock side. I still havent hammered off the slag as I was paged out on a SWAT callout. Well duty calls.



Oh and Matt, I was wondering if I could blow a hole in the tube, so I messed around with the cut piece and at 225 it went right through it without much problem . I also used the cut tube as a guide to how fast/slow to weld up the axle.

looking good