Re: anyone know what the rear spare tire carrier is made of?
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Originally Posted by Jim Brierley
I'm guessing steel too. With your pocket knife, peel a sliver off the carrier. If it comes off as small chips it is cast iron, if it comes off as a sliver it is steel.
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malleable iron will sliver too...don't know if they had that kind of iron back then though. I did some digging and I think I'm going to hit an edge with my tig and try filing the weld spot...apparently if it gets super hard its iron.
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Last edited by krzewinskibe; 10-18-2016 at 11:48 AM.
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