Reminds me of an old Garfield cartoon. "If they say it on TV, it must be true". I totally agree with your comments of TH-cam hackers. It's not that it can't be done. It's more of you don't have the skills, knowledge, of confidence to do it. Of course, proper tools are needed also. "Honey, where is the checkbook. I need to use it". 🤣🤣 PS: Young folks don't know what a checkbook is.
It does sadden me that the younger ones these days aren't getting into skill trades or even trying to learn them. At the same time those hack videos and tic Tok challenges deceiving young minds into thinking the wrong way of doing things is right. However it is on them to have an open mind and want to learn. They hear hot glue and horse hair worked for one guy and they completely put off any other option, right or wrong.
You can weld most (if not all) metals and alloys. No problem (just select right method/procedure). The problem is the part itself, how it was made, especially castings. There is a grain structure from the casting process (and post heat treatment, rate of cooling etc.) you will compromise during welding. Long story short it will weaken the part (>90% of the time) + distortion and or internal stress (means cracks). That's why some welders refuse to repair such parts (and the simplified version for the clueless public is: "it can't be welded" in quote marks).
Only nit pick I can come up with, is that if that ear had corroded away, the material would be a LOT more contaminated. I had a Lawn Boy aluminum mower deck that was corroded to the point it cracked. The welder was able to stick it together, but it wasn't pretty... and probably wasn't water tight. lol Your technique looks like it's good for removing impurities, though. Nice job
That is true, for corrosion first thing a guy should do is grind or cut out the corrosion till you get to good clean metal. In this situation a burr bit would be perfect for getting to good metal.
@@10thAveFreezeOut 😁 But where would be the fun in that? I'm hoping for a reply with suggestions on how to improve. I mean Tom did ask if I'd like tips and hints.
@@VPTfab Wowwww...man if I scrapped something every time it got a spot of corrosion,I'd be living on the street🤣🤣 Definitely glad to see someone that doesn't accept defeat. Haha I mean you could get crazy and probably remachine the o-ring surfaces so they're nice and corrosion free and then do it again 5yrs later when it's opened up again. A little dab of your favorite SCHMUTZ goes a long way ✌️
@@MrTheHillfolk I usually just blast the pockets or wire wheel them depending how bad they are. Once clean that's when I use the RTV. Been working great for me for many years on all types of similar situations.
Reminds me of an old Garfield cartoon. "If they say it on TV, it must be true". I totally agree with your comments of TH-cam hackers. It's not that it can't be done. It's more of you don't have the skills, knowledge, of confidence to do it. Of course, proper tools are needed also. "Honey, where is the checkbook. I need to use it". 🤣🤣
PS: Young folks don't know what a checkbook is.
It does sadden me that the younger ones these days aren't getting into skill trades or even trying to learn them. At the same time those hack videos and tic Tok challenges deceiving young minds into thinking the wrong way of doing things is right. However it is on them to have an open mind and want to learn. They hear hot glue and horse hair worked for one guy and they completely put off any other option, right or wrong.
You can weld most (if not all) metals and alloys. No problem (just select right method/procedure).
The problem is the part itself, how it was made, especially castings. There is a grain structure from the casting process (and post heat treatment, rate of cooling etc.) you will compromise during welding. Long story short it will weaken the part (>90% of the time) + distortion and or internal stress (means cracks). That's why some welders refuse to repair such parts (and the simplified version for the clueless public is: "it can't be welded" in quote marks).
Don't ever look at aluminum motorcycle frames.
Only nit pick I can come up with, is that if that ear had corroded away, the material would be a LOT more contaminated. I had a Lawn Boy aluminum mower deck that was corroded to the point it cracked. The welder was able to stick it together, but it wasn't pretty... and probably wasn't water tight. lol Your technique looks like it's good for removing impurities, though. Nice job
That is true, for corrosion first thing a guy should do is grind or cut out the corrosion till you get to good clean metal. In this situation a burr bit would be perfect for getting to good metal.
Proving a point through silly actions in welding sacrifices precision and compromises safety. Won’t watch.
Sacrifices precision and compromises safety? Lol
It's like you were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should
Why not?
If your skilled enough, you can push the limits and create/repair like this.
No replacement for bubble wire and bailing gum.
I'm no expert but I'm pretty sure you can get threaded inserts for those
Threaded insert doesn't raise the thread back up 1/4" to the surface.
“Subaru Facebook group mods HATE this one simple trick!”
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Bro you definitely cannot weld that and I refuse to watch the video
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I did the same thing with my Lincoln Tig welder, and I'm not a great tig welder, but the repair hasn't failed since 2021 😂
Is this your first time welding? Would you like some tips and hints?
Yes, what would you do to improve?
@@VPTfab block his comments. That will make a drastic improvement.
@@10thAveFreezeOut 😁 But where would be the fun in that? I'm hoping for a reply with suggestions on how to improve. I mean Tom did ask if I'd like tips and hints.
I like your advice, some people do not understand what the 4 letter word is, WORK.
5 min mark. I think you're looking for oxidization?
Lol I guess you found the word further down the video. 😅
@@leeyang1580 Yeah, to much terminology. Plus when you turn a camera on I instantly turn 300 dumber.
They dident say couldn't they sed shouldn't thats a junk yard block bro
If its a Subaru I think they mean it shouldn't be welded. Its broken from the factory.
🤣 They are engineered to fail in more than one way for sure!
Biden shit his pants again 😂
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Thank you! Lol 😁
I remember my first week of welding too lmao
What would you do to improve?
Surely you'd just use a threaded insert or something, idk didn't watch
A threaded insert doesn't raise the missing material. Maybe you should watch instead of just make silly replies based on assumptions.
4:40 you cant use RTV on an o-ring thats trying to seal a corroded surface,you gotta get a new block there bud thats an illegal move.
That's the whole reason this block was scrapped. Corrosion on the o-rings. Junk, throw it away.
@@VPTfab
Wowwww...man if I scrapped something every time it got a spot of corrosion,I'd be living on the street🤣🤣
Definitely glad to see someone that doesn't accept defeat.
Haha I mean you could get crazy and probably remachine the o-ring surfaces so they're nice and corrosion free and then do it again 5yrs later when it's opened up again.
A little dab of your favorite SCHMUTZ goes a long way ✌️
@@MrTheHillfolk I usually just blast the pockets or wire wheel them depending how bad they are. Once clean that's when I use the RTV. Been working great for me for many years on all types of similar situations.
@@VPTfab no doubt man ,nothin wrong with that and I do pretty much the same ✌️
I guess you schooled them 😂
That's right! Strait up yo!