well im bout to get started welding my TNT customs dana 30 and dana44 axle trusses. Anybody have and advice besides welding it like im torqing a cylinder head?

 

weld only 1-2" at a time (tnt reccomends 1")

bounce around from one side to the other, front to back allowing plenty of time for the welds to cool.

If you don't theres a good chance you will warp the housing and you will have a useless truss and axle.


that and measure as many times as you can then burn it home. nothing sucks welding something down and realizing after that your coil buckets are bowed forward and you cant get you shock bushings on the studs because of the angle they are at

 

Tack it first. Test fit... make adjustments. Then burn them in. Take your time, and use proper technique. Not sure what kind of welder you are using, but I would be using my lincoln stick, and I would weld first using 6010, then switch to 7018 for the "hot" pass

 

i think they covered it

 

wait so i should make two passes? or are you talking 6010 to tack it? The guys at tnt told me to use a mig

 

would it not be easier to use a mig to weld it

 

Isnt stick welding TIG? or ARC?

 

i think he was talking stick welding not tig but i am not sure

 

stick welding is arc welding. mig welding involves a "gun" an is wire fed. if you are not used to welding, the mig is the easiest to learn. you could learn to mig descently in about 2 hrs or less. personally i would mig weld the truss if i were you.

 

i kno how to mig

 

Yes it is easier to MIG, but I perfer to use my "stick welder/arc welder". It is what I learned to weld on. I can make just as pretty and structual sound welds with that as I can with a "MIG", I personally feel you can control the penetration better, and with the correct rod choice a stronger weld. It does waste more electrode, then a MIG. IT is also easier to store various filler metals(rods), for different materials, and thicknesses.


TIG Welding is Tungsten Inert gas welding. Basically this is the ultimate in control when it comes to welding. You can really control the Heat affected zone with this, and how much penetration you get.