1973Guppie
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Hi all,
I am wondering if somebody can tell me the proper way to fix stress cracks? I have these in a few places on my 55 resto I am doing, namely they are in the corners of the door jambs. These are just little cracks that go from corner to corner in the corner of the door jambs. The main one is on the drivers side, makes sense as that would be the door to be used the most.
I am wondering of the proper way to fix these? my first thought was to simply ground out a small groove in the crack itself and just weld it up, grind flush and be done with it? Although I have a friend that told me another option, but can't remember exactly what it was? I think he mentioned that you should place a small strip of metal perpendicular to the stress crack in order to keep the crack from coming back? That would make sense since it would keep the metal there from splitting again as it will have some support perpendicular to the crack.
any help appreciated, if you have no idea what I am talking about I can take some pics......
Noah
I am wondering if somebody can tell me the proper way to fix stress cracks? I have these in a few places on my 55 resto I am doing, namely they are in the corners of the door jambs. These are just little cracks that go from corner to corner in the corner of the door jambs. The main one is on the drivers side, makes sense as that would be the door to be used the most.
I am wondering of the proper way to fix these? my first thought was to simply ground out a small groove in the crack itself and just weld it up, grind flush and be done with it? Although I have a friend that told me another option, but can't remember exactly what it was? I think he mentioned that you should place a small strip of metal perpendicular to the stress crack in order to keep the crack from coming back? That would make sense since it would keep the metal there from splitting again as it will have some support perpendicular to the crack.
any help appreciated, if you have no idea what I am talking about I can take some pics......
Noah