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Old 10-18-2016, 05:54 PM   #11
krzewinskibe
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Default Re: anyone know what the rear spare tire carrier is made of?

It tests as cast iron....melted a puddle on the back edge, area is now hard as diamond....file has zero bite.

pic attached - note crack at top right of bracket...

so I drilled 1/8" holes at each end of the crack, heated the area around the crack with my oxy torch, tig welded the cracked area with 309L filler a little at a time (peening with an air chisel with blunt pointed bit after each weld section) then dropped in a bucket full of vermiculite I had laying around to slowly cool....we'll see LOL
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