Welding in frame repairs

[gbcruiser]

Just wondering what is the best metal to use to weld in a frame rust repair? I have about a 5-inch ugly rust hole behind the muffler I need to cut out, weld up, and seal with POR or something...

 

[KLF]

Best metal to use to replace a rusted frame is another frame.

I played that "chase the rust around the truck" game with my old '84, it was a losing battle. Never again.

 

[JoeCanadian]

i would cut the back 1/2 of the frame off about 1 foot behind taper bend in the frame. around the transfer case zone and make a new one out od 2x5 with a 3/16 wall tube. if you cut the inner channel out of the frame up to the taper bend the 2x5 tube will slip right in. then just weld it up and put a 3/16 x 5 x 18 plat on the inside of the frame where the taper bend is. 1 full lenth of 2x5 and about 1/2 lenth of 2x2 and you got your self a custom rear frame that will last the rest of the trucks life.

good luck and do it right or dont do it at all. Les

i would post a picture, but i'm not much of a computer nut and cant get the pictures to up load. no damn screws or bolts that can help with it.

 

[JoeCanadian]

noticing you on the island. if your up around campbell river i would be glad to giv a hand. going down to vic this weekend if you want me to have an eye at it. hope you have a 3b in there
good ludk Les

 

[Kroll]

I'm doing a frame swap on a customer's HJ60 right now. The replacement frame that we found looked like swiss cheese after it came back from the blast shop ! But we bought 5mm steel to weld in the areas that we cut out.

 

[cruiser_guy]

You can do it right or you can do it twice!! I chose to do it right. https://forum.ih8mud.com/60-series-wagons/76509

The old frame had been patched several times already and it was beginning to crack at the rear spring pins.

 

[D'Animal]

Let me know if you need a frame. I have a rust free one in Cntral California.

 

[cody c]

i talked to my friend the welding engineer last night, he said regular carbon steel and 7018 rod.
post some pics when your done, we all love pictures here.

 

[JoeCanadian]

i got it, here some pics of the new back 1/2 frame and the old highend rust hole. notice the wicked shop sound system in the back.

 

[Zack1978]

i got it, here some pics of the new back 1/2 frame and the old highend rust hole. notice the wicked shop sound system in the back.

So basically you built a new frame!


Zack

 

[JoeCanadian]

yeah, took about 3 days lay it up cut it out and weld it up. real easy to do too. i was thinking of making some and selling them. they are way more butch then the stock frame.

 

[A2B in a TLC]

How many hours to re and re a frame (not including other repairs) on a 60?

Bruce

 

[cruiser_guy]

How many hours to re and re a frame (not including other repairs) on a 60?

Bruce

It took me 4 days in Honduras and that is with nothing that you wouldn't find in a reasonably equipped home garage (NO lift, forklift or other lifting device for the body). It was me and another guy most of the time and a few others at key stages like lifting or dropping the body.

 

[Landcruisin'60]

How many hours to re and re a frame (not including other repairs) on a 60?

Bruce

A month or so if your as slow as me. Two people for taking the body off and putting it back on. But mostly just me for everything else. That was also before my license so there were many hours of some days wasted waiting for someone to go with me to get parts.

 

[haryv]

gbcruiser I come to VI often would like to see the frame

I dont know where you live but if its in the metro victoria area hope you would not mind me stopping buy to see your custom made frame. Mine is going to and like how you made yours. Seems more robust then a regular built frame. Give me a msg and see if something could be aranged.

 

[hellbent40]

hello,
if you need help with your frame ... i am in Victoria.... i just did the rear half of my frame.... just bought this BJ60 a couple of weeks ago...

heres a pic of the new frame rails...

 

[hellbent40]

and before i put it in..

 

[hellbent40]

hey Joe was that the cruiser you sunk in the river....

 

[MOTERRA]

i just got an 82' 60 with the 3b diesel.... it has a hole about five inchs around in the frame.
the hole is visible in the wheel well just in front of the driver's rear tire...has lots of surface frame rust too.
what's the best way to get this frame usable???and is the rear the"weak"point in the frame? this is an off road only sort of build so anything goes. it's stock but no tags to insure it... so if anyone on van. island has a frame or body they want to see gone .....haha let me know...moterra@telus.net

 

[ohrly?]

i would cut the back 1/2 of the frame off about 1 foot behind taper bend in the frame. around the transfer case zone and make a new one out od 2x5 with a 3/16 wall tube. if you cut the inner channel out of the frame up to the taper bend the 2x5 tube will slip right in. then just weld it up and put a 3/16 x 5 x 18 plat on the inside of the frame where the taper bend is. 1 full lenth of 2x5 and about 1/2 lenth of 2x2 and you got your self a custom rear frame that will last the rest of the trucks life.

good luck and do it right or dont do it at all. Les

i would post a picture, but i'm not much of a computer nut and cant get the pictures to up load. no damn screws or bolts that can help with it.

Lol, thats what me and les were going to do to mine, but instead we had some metal cut about 4 feet long from a template, 3/16 and some flat bar, and boxed it in.

its not broken so it worked.