I was able to get my crossmember installed with the help hand of my engine hoist that is now holding up the front of the frame and enabling me to install components more easily... kind of a poor man's lift of sorts!
I finally got around to begin re-assembling my frame only to find that there was an error made when LMC sent me my new parts. I was all ready to build my new front suspension but discovered that the control arm shaft seals were wrong. I put on the upper control arm shafts along with the seals and noticed they were very very loose.... way too loose to contain the grease that would be going in to them. I wondered if I had them in backwards too.... but they only "seemed" to fit one way that made some kind of sense. Still, they seemed wrong. I decided to post a video of how loose they were to a couple of pages of groups on Facebook that are for old chevy truck lovers. A lot of people responded... mostly telling me that they WERE too loose. One even said he had encountered the same problem with LMC. Then, I remembered that I had kept the old seals and when I compared the old and new it was obvious that I had been sent the wrong parts. They also sent me the wrong lower control arm shaft seals. Not only that, but they sent only 3 of the wrong ones and 1 of the other wrong upper seals in the bag! Bummer. That postpones my suspension work for a while now. I was able to get my crossmember installed with the help hand of my engine hoist that is now holding up the front of the frame and enabling me to install components more easily... kind of a poor man's lift of sorts! Since I was stalled on the re-assembly, I thought I would practice my mig welding more in order to get ready to shorten my longbed sides. I cut a slice into one of the short sides I have and tried to tack weld it back together. Not much luck there as these photos show. I've got a long way to go in the process of learning how to weld, so I thought I would post these images to the FB Truck Groups too. I received a ton of responses and tips to try and I am anxious to get back to the garage and try them out. I'm not there yet, but I am beginning to understand the technique and settings required....just need to practice more. The most posted remark was that I was running too hot with the voltage. I was trying all sorts of settings but I guess I was starting out way too high on the power and wire speed.
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Jay
5/3/2015 03:43:36 am
Your welding WILL improve. Just make sure you have the polarity correct for gas welding. If using flux wire, the polarity is opposite. That would make a huge difference. I have a chart on the inner door of my Lincoln welder that shows what heat and wire speed settings to use. It gets me in the ballpark and then I fine tune from there. Keep the posts coming. We're watching the progree. Frame looks great.
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