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Originally Posted by jbrewer
Duke, excellent! Glad you made it home safe and sound. From looking under the 14 coats of paint on mine, it looks like the lower mounts had already been welded once before, and the upper mounts had both cracked. I wonder if the design itself it at fault, or if the mounts had just "work hardened" after being bent and needed to be annealed, or...? A wire welder is a pretty neat gadget. Someday I may actually be competent at it.... until then a right angle grinder is my "eraser"...
Pictures ?
John
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John it was the design. The metal around the lower bolts just tore. It's a very common problem. I haven't ever tried to weld, but after talking to DWayne he has me talked into being able to do it. I thought the reason the grinder was invented was they needed an eraser!
Thanks for the warm wishes!
