Some new stuff!

[Herpderplol]

All ready to weld tomorrow!

I dont want to weld it tonight, shed isnt very bright, its cold, and i have a teacher to help me in school

I put the pieces together, then set it on the floor to get everything squared and straight.
Held the angle under it and clamped it on

Sure glad it wont weigh this much in the end lol

 

[Awk08]

nice job herp !

 

[dirtysquared]

Looks good buddy! Tomorrow we want pics of the finished product

 

[Herpderplol]

Definitely will.

When i drilled the holes for plug welding, i used the wrong bit the first 2 holes. It didnt even drill through, it heated up so much it pushed through lol.

So i had to make the holes bigger to cut off the flakes on the back that i couldnt remove


My brother asked me why i didnt tack it rather than clamping it.
1) Because if i had started, i would have wanted to finish.
2) Didnt have the helmet
3) colder than mars... (not today, but has been lol)

 

[gizzy2014]

Definitely will.

My brother asked me why i didnt tack it rather than clamping it.
1) Because if i had started, i would have wanted to finish.
2) Didnt have the helmet
3) colder than mars... (not today, but has been lol)

theres a helmet out hanging n the wall, its just not an auto u wuss

 

[Herpderplol]

Cant wait to get it all together....

Waiting on the exhaust gasket is all now.

The nut where every silencer mounts is stripped on my quad, so i need to find a longer bolt and nut for the DMC than my LRD had needed to hold it on

I plan to just use a piece of angle iron to mount the tail light to my grab bar, removable, and strong

How could i make a mount for the CFM without welding one? Or would welding be the best way?
Plus i dont have an extra mount from a different frame, so i would have to make one

 

[Awk08]

How could i make a mount for the CFM without welding one?

you can kinda see in this pic, at the front 2 sides, and 2 off the rear of the box, the aluminum tabs i made that bolt into the box, then wrap up over the frame to the plastic mounts on the frame.
the 4 rear bolts for the plastics go down thru the tabs to hold it and the rear plastics to the frame.
(and no, i never ran that filter, it came with my cfm when bought used, my buddy has that filter on his dodge neon now, i have a uni filter)

 

[Herpderplol]

Ok, giz and i thought they had tabs that wrapped around the frame, or that sat on top. We had never seen one out of a blaster lol

I think i will put a tab from the grab bar mounts to the back left of the box.

Possibly look into welding a mount on, but doubt it. I should really strip my frame and get it re-powdered.

I still dont get why they made it to wedge between the frame bars.... just stupid, better not rattle

 

[Herpderplol]

Went fine welding





Ground them down a little, and used the bench wire brush to partially clean it off for painting.
I will probably just prime it, because nothing will make it wear off.

 

[Awk08]

looks good herp !

 

[Herpderplol]

I also noticed my tabs on the bottom are not level, so somehow they got bent.... I noticed that just after i was done welding.

Could i put it in a bench vice and heat it up to bend it back? Obviously i had been riding with it like that for a while...

 

[Awk08]

I also noticed my tabs on the bottom are not level, so somehow they got bent.... I noticed that just after i was done welding.

Could i put it in a bench vice and heat it up to bend it back? Obviously i had been riding with it like that for a while...

i told you in my original replies to this thread that you were going to think the tabs were bent,
(go back and really read what i posted this time)
and that they are not bent, they are all just like that, one tab looks bent but thats how they are, at least the 5 or 6 i have fooled with, so it has to be...thats how they are.
don't worry about it, and definately don't try to bend cast metal, or you'll be looking for a new stem

 

[Awk08]

I also noticed my tabs on the bottom are not level, so somehow they got bent.... I noticed that just after i was done welding.

Could i put it in a bench vice and heat it up to bend it back? Obviously i had been riding with it like that for a while...

can you not hear the words coming out of my mouth ?
i told you that you'd think the tabs were bent, but thats how they are.

do not try to bend cast metal, or you'll be looking for a new stem.
thats how they all are, at least the 6-7 i have fooled with, no worries.

 

[Herpderplol]

Weird that its made that way....

And i just looked at every one of your replies here, none said anything about the tabs that i saw. So if you are hiding some, please share lol

 

[Awk08]

Weird that its made that way....

And i just looked at every one of your replies here, none said anything about the tabs that i saw. So if you are hiding some, please share lol

i am not hiding anything, i swear I did type that, not sure why it didn't make it into my post ?.... my bad.
but i was looking for a reason to qoute chris rock

 

[Herpderplol]

lol

 

[dirtysquared]

Looks good Herp. Was the teacher pleased with it as well?

 

[79 bronco]

Looks great!

 

[Herpderplol]

I did it during "study hall" (i havent been in the class for 3 weeks)

The teacher had a meeting for some group that day, so he didnt see the welds.
Although he said i was the best in the class, so i figure i could handle a small weld like this

 

[Herpderplol]

I didnt want to weld to the frame, and have to primer something black/grey

So i improvised

We had this aluminum strip, so i used a few inches I:I



I also drilled the DMC flange holes a tiny bit bigger to run the bolts i use through. I have larger bolts because i stripped a stock one this summa

Painted my stem with 3M undercoating, instead of primer and or paint. Letting it dry

After i get my exhaust gasket, i can put everything back together and be done!