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I did this a while back, it is a gear box or transfer case or something like that for an ATV of a friend of mine, who is rough on things lol. You can see the lug cracked, and a chunk missing.


So I decided to make a new lug and cut the remains of the old one off. I had to fabricate a fixture to hold the lug in the right place to weld it.



Made the lug.


Put a radius on the lug to fit the gear box

Then had to cut the old crap off and clean up the gear box and fit the lug.

This is how I held it in the vise to do the lug removal surgery

Then I threw some bird ***** at it with the spool gun, and added a pad in a weak area



After welding I started cleaning up and blending with a flap wheel.


Another good before shot

It came out ok, he was happy with it and its still holding lol
Thanks for looking. My TIG is a Squarewave 175 and I wasnt sure if it had the oomph to do it so I used a spool gun I have at work, and did it on my lunch breaks.
Craig

Nice repair
It would have taken a big TIG set to weld that up
The wire feed is not as prity as a Tig but the welds look plenty strong enough
John

Thank you! Its still holding, think its been a year or so lol

(12-01-2012, 05:04 PM)monkers Wrote: [ -> ]Thank you! Its still holding, think its been a year or so lol

The time and care you have shown in the jig to set it all up is the impresive part
John

Good repair, thanks for posting this.

(Nice "YOST" vise!!)

Quote:The time and care you have shown in the jig to set it all up is the impresive part
John

Thank you! Yes, getting it right is important;) better to spend an extra few moments with the set up then trying to figure out how to make it fit when its wrong :)

(12-01-2012, 05:40 PM)sasquatch Wrote: [ -> ]Good repair, thanks for posting this.

(Nice "YOST" vise!!)

Thank you for the kind words. The vice is very nice, use it all the time :)

Fantastic repair Craig,
Thanks for the post.
Jerry.

(12-01-2012, 10:52 PM)ETC57 Wrote: [ -> ]Fantastic repair Craig,
Thanks for the post.
Jerry.

Thank you Jerry, glad I could share a little bit. I really enjoy reading everyones posts and checking out their work.