[Shotimes] Anyone that can weld in NJ

[Robert Bruce]

As Mike mentioned in his post, we fixed it relatively easily.  Except for
the one drop of molten steel that fell off and land on my chest.  It burned
thru a down vest, sweatshirt, t-shirt, long johns and finally into me.
OUCH!

I TIG welded it, but would have far preferred a MIG welder for this job.  To
make the repair you must remove the strut arm and both bushings.  Then the
cup will likely fall off the frame too.  Take your time to thoroughly clean
and sand the area.  Then just weld the cup back onto the sub-frame.  Once
cooled off, paint the area and reinstall the strut arm and bushings.

Moog's Service Link Bulletin # SL8-96 details the repair.  I have this
bulletin in pdf format in case anyone would like a copy.

Robert Bruce
93 atx street
92 track


-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Galuska [mailto:whitegen1sho@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:30 PM
To: rbruce@bellatlantic.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Anyone that can weld in NJ


Did you do this yourself or have it done someplace? What kind of welder did
you/they use? I did find a guy at minekey that said he could do it but he
only had a mig welder (i think) and recommened a stick welder. Did you
remove the strut rod and both the front and rear bushing? Thanks for any
info.
Kevin



>From: "Robert Bruce" <rbruce@bellatlantic.net>
>To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Anyone that can weld in NJ
>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:34:30 -0400
>
>I had to do that to my 93 last year.  That was a real PITA.
>
>Robert Bruce
>93 atx street
>92 track
>s.e. PA
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
>[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Kevin Galuska
>Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 12:47 PM
>To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>Subject: [Shotimes] Anyone that can weld in NJ
>
>
>I need to have both front strut rod bushing "sleeve" tach welded to the
>frame to get rid of some of my front end clunk. None of the welding places
>around here want the job and Id rather have a SHO person do it anyway.
>Anyone want to take a stab at it? Name your price. I have a Ford Technical
>Service Bulletin that explains everything, but it really is an easy job, ~1
>hour. My email is eekevin@monmouth.com. Thanks.
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