Mike, I used the vise grips. I made sure to squeese just enough to close the gap. I still flattened the tube a bit. I tried to round it out again, by hammering a tapered socket in the flattened opening. It would probably work OK, but I bought another arm anyway. See, http://www.ljvaughan.homestead.com/lowercontrolarms.html
Larry ----- Original Message ----- From: "mikeross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re: welding tricks > Larry, > > If possible, try to find a copper pipe or brass punch that will fit in the > good arm tube tightly, but allow you to rotate it. Then you can insert it in > the broken tube, squeeze the cracked edges of the tube together and tack > weld. The molted metal will not stick to the copper or brass. > > If your can't get a copper or brass pipe or dowel to fit the opening, your > can just close the gap with a pair of vise gripes and weld the crack. Then > you'll have to dress the hole with an appropriate sized drill bit. > > I made a similar repair on my control arm a couple years ago: > http://pages.prodigy.net/mikeross/WsbRpr.html > > > Good luck, > > Mike *** http://www.team.net/the-local *** *** unsubscribe/change address requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or try *** http://www.team.net/cgi-bin/majorcool *** http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo *** Archives at http://www.team.net/archive *** Edit your replies!
