Welds

[Deleted member 12951]

Just picked up my light bar from being repaired and to make stronger with a thicker plate. I was wondering if these welds are "okay" and will not be a future issue or if I should be concerned? I did just drop it off at Line-X to get the repaired area coated.

What broke:

Welds:

 

[Rookie]

I'm not a pro but those don't look like that great of welds. Doesn't mean they won't hold though

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[SilentShooter]

They will probably hold, but definitely not done by a pro.

A quality weld would look like a stack of dimes. So when it is sanded down you should see no cracks/crevices.

 

[IRONMAN]

Not the best but it should hold fine then when you line x it, it should fill in some of those lines / gaps.

 

[Hazzard]

Not the greatest looking but they will prob work, I prob would of put some sort of small gusset on the inside or back (not visible unless ur really looking). Welding a tube like that to a base plate without some gussets or flange at the end of the tubing usually does not give a whole lot of structural integrity.

 

[Yukon Joe]

As others have already stated, they don't look pretty but will get the job done.


The first failure was the plate at the weld. When you weld standard steel it can harden when it cools. This causes it to not be as flexible. The bar and plate must see some flex when you off-road. A thicker plate will make it stiff. We'll see if it's thick enough to withstand the stresses. It probably will.


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[J DAMAGE]

Just picked up my light bar from being repaired and to make stronger with a thicker plate. I was wondering if these welds are "okay" and will not be a future issue or if I should be concerned? I did just drop it off at Line-X to get the repaired area coated.

What broke:

Welds:

They might hold, but they are not good welds, bad penetration, to cold of a weld, uneven parts ,some favor the tubing, some favor the plate, insted of a smooth flow.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

They might hold, but they are not good welds, bad penetration, to cold of a weld, uneven parts ,some favor the tubing, some favor the plate, insted of a smooth flow.

Anything I can do other than having it cut off and redone by someone else before I get it line-x? Can it be fixed how it is?

 

[Mil T]

Have them weld some gussets as suggested since it is already bare steel. If your going to have it lineX then it should cover the bad welds but if not then you can always fill the bad welds with body glaze compound to smooth it out before you have it powdercoated or painted.

 

[970Co]

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I think I would have it redone. Seems like they did not prep it well, looks like they did a root pass and used grinder. The root pass should have been covered with a Cap. A weld with less penetration but more coverage. This would be a smooth run all the way around. The picture is a stick 6010, still in the root passes, and you can see where they picked up the bead. The cap will be done in 7018.