Clyde , thanks for the great information. I'm going to have to go try this myself. I will have plenty of opportunity as I tend to break fasteners, LOL !!!
Nice job Clyde. Wish we still had a stick welder at our shop. I like spraying in wd40 when the metal is expanded and the heat will draw some of it in, just don't breathe in the fumes,lol.
Yeah, you could short something out and fry a computer, but there are no computers on this car. Good rule of thumb as well would be to always make sure you have a good clean ground contact and keep it close to what you are welding. That'll make it less likely that you'll get a stray arc.
Gaaaawwwd damnit!!!!! Why didn't I know about this for my front crank bolt! I had to scrap an entire perfectly good engine just from changing the timing belt! Fuck!
Would this technique help with broken lug nuts? Being the mechanical genius that I am, I recently snapped not one, but two lug nuts and my TrailReady's made it far too difficult to get whatever welder my friend had in there (I know nothing about welding but I'm gonna guess it wasn't a stick welder) to weld a socket on to get the snapped lug out. I also had no luck with easy outs or anything else so I ended up drilling both studs out. Needless to say I've learned my lesson about making sure the socket is on the lug nut properly and I'm now careful to torque it to the proper spec.
I'v never had a lug so stubborn that I had to weld it out. I'v had the odd crossthreaded one that needs to be broken off then replace the stud, but if it's stuck on and rounded off at the same time, I could see how much of a pain that would be. Lock nut removal tools work great in that case.
never heard of that rod, but i prefer to weld a nut on at the end. you can really get a thick hot plug weld inside the nut. heats the shit out of the fastener and gives you plenty of beef for when you really have to torque it out.
i would honestly love for u to do a video on what you do or have done for a living i have a feeling that your or was a welder based on that speedglass u got there lol
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Everything about this is sketchy. That's why I like it sooo much!! Great job. Way to think out of the box to remove a busted bolt.
Clyde , thanks for the great information. I'm going to have to go try this myself. I will have plenty of opportunity as I tend to break fasteners, LOL !!!
Hahaha!
Happens to the best of us bud.
Nice trick man..
.i like to see it done on the shackle bolt...??? Maybe next video lol
I've done the same thing with regular 6013 and MIG, depending on what process was available. No need to find magic rods.
Have any spatter stick to that windshield? I messed up a cab tractor windshield that way.
The rag we put there caught all of it, but yeah, you gotta watch out for that.
Nice job Clyde. Wish we still had a stick welder at our shop. I like spraying in wd40 when the metal is expanded and the heat will draw some of it in, just don't breathe in the fumes,lol.
I tried this but now I see my fault. The wrong rod and I didn't let it cool. Thanks, now I know better!
Glad to help bud!
I will have to try this. One question I thought you were supposed to disconnect the battery before welding. At least that is what I have heard.
computers in newer cars
Yeah, you could short something out and fry a computer, but there are no computers on this car.
Good rule of thumb as well would be to always make sure you have a good clean ground contact and keep it close to what you are welding. That'll make it less likely that you'll get a stray arc.
That's a myth. Also,. that car is not computer controlled, so it won't matter.
I will try it.
seen before but great job
Thanks Bud!!
I have never heard of unicrom. Is it an AC welder? Looks like one.
Yeah, that's my little 'ol AC buzz box. Unicrom rods work great with DC too
Thanks i will get some.
and here i thought it was the planet sized arch nemesis of transformers
Why can’t I find this rod any where?!?
Gaaaawwwd damnit!!!!! Why didn't I know about this for my front crank bolt! I had to scrap an entire perfectly good engine just from changing the timing belt! Fuck!
Would this technique help with broken lug nuts? Being the mechanical genius that I am, I recently snapped not one, but two lug nuts and my TrailReady's made it far too difficult to get whatever welder my friend had in there (I know nothing about welding but I'm gonna guess it wasn't a stick welder) to weld a socket on to get the snapped lug out. I also had no luck with easy outs or anything else so I ended up drilling both studs out. Needless to say I've learned my lesson about making sure the socket is on the lug nut properly and I'm now careful to torque it to the proper spec.
I'v never had a lug so stubborn that I had to weld it out. I'v had the odd crossthreaded one that needs to be broken off then replace the stud, but if it's stuck on and rounded off at the same time, I could see how much of a pain that would be.
Lock nut removal tools work great in that case.
CHEERS!
never heard of that rod, but i prefer to weld a nut on at the end. you can really get a thick hot plug weld inside the nut. heats the shit out of the fastener and gives you plenty of beef for when you really have to torque it out.
I'v done that many 'o times. it's a good trick. works really well when you have to do it overhead.
i would honestly love for u to do a video on what you do or have done for a living i have a feeling that your or was a welder based on that speedglass u got there lol
Maybe I'll put a video together about that on the second channel.
Definitely from rado
Bravo!
That's why men never throw stuff out. It may not be useful now but just wait, you'll need it one day (Skate boards are the best.)
Yup.
Skateboards are awesome.