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Old 12-02-08, 11:36 AM   #18 (permalink)
zuluzeugma
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Originally Posted by pismojim View Post
At risk of Hi-jack, your recommending more welding (heating) to mitigate heat effected zones?

I'm currently looking at replacing my pretty well bent housing (SNT is an equal opportunity carnage maker) but so far it doesn't look like it bent at the knuckle ball. It looks bent closer to where the spring perches are located. Which makes sense to me since that is where the force is applied if I recall my Statics class correctly.

The Rose-Bud is what changes the grain structure so much. Its not the welding... The welded area will not be prone to bending. It will be prone to cracking...

For clarification this is how the gussets mount:
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