gotten myself into a pickle of a situation...
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three spinning triangles
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From: SE Wisconsin
Originally Posted by chaosseven
Break out the welder.
TIG is the best but you can also be successful with a MIG if you take your time. I almost always use a simple flux core wire feed MIG and have a 80% success rate - the first time. (I always have 100% success but it might take more than one try).
Build up the broken stud a little at a time until you have a bead large enough to fit inside a hex nut. Weld the hex nut to the bead. Fill the rest of the hex nut with metal untill you have put another head on the broken stud.
Let cool and unscrew the broken stud with a wrench.
TIG is the best but you can also be successful with a MIG if you take your time. I almost always use a simple flux core wire feed MIG and have a 80% success rate - the first time. (I always have 100% success but it might take more than one try).
Build up the broken stud a little at a time until you have a bead large enough to fit inside a hex nut. Weld the hex nut to the bead. Fill the rest of the hex nut with metal untill you have put another head on the broken stud.
Let cool and unscrew the broken stud with a wrench.
thats an awesome idea...
but where am i gonna get a TIG welder?
also... when pulling the hub off the axle... what the hell kinda puller do you have to use? ive got a 3 prong 4" puller, and it doesnt seem to fit well enough on the 5 lug hub... i managed though to pull the hub off maybe 1/4 inch... after that, the puller hits one of the lugs
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three spinning triangles
Joined: Oct 2003
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From: SE Wisconsin
Originally Posted by chaosseven
My point was that you CAN use a MIG welder and that they are pretty east to find. Unlike using an easy out - if you screw it up, you can just try again until you get it.
ill have to ask around... ive never actually used one... fairly easy to use?
Heat, PB Blaster and an easy out or http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=38180
