[TheForge] truck bed repair

[terry l. ridder]

Hello

Not welding on the frame.
I have new leaf spring shackle brackets and leaf spring shackles.
The old leaf spring shackle brackets are held on by very rusty bolts.
going to cut the bolts and remove the old leaf spring brackets.
Bolt the new ones on. install the new leaf springs shackles.
the only welding is on the truck bed sheet bed, to patch the punch
through hole. The driver side leaf spring rear shackle punched through
the truck bed.

I am looking at pulling the truck bed off. I can then clean up the rust
on the towing gear and coat with rust preventive coating. The bumper is
fine no need to derust or replace. with the bed off I can take it to the
local body shop and have the rust in the wheel wells and by the
mudflaps taken care of.

they will sand and spray a bed liner in the bed.

I have enough oxygen and propane to cut the old bolts and leaf spring
shackle bolts.
i will use the millermatic 185 mig welder to weld the punch through hole.

On Sun, 17 Jul 2016 danqualman at gmail.com wrote:

> Just my 2 cents worth. If the springs challenge broke you have a bigger
> problem. Frame material is heat treated and any attachments are riveted.
> Welding will Change the frame material
> In the local area. Depending on how it broke you might be able to do a
> junkyard replacement or the part and the use some grade 8 bolts to hold
> it in place. If the frame is need of repair I would approach it as a
> plate bolted in place. But welding only as a last resort.
> Dan in Auburn
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Jul 17, 2016, at 8:29 AM, terry l. ridder <terrylr at blauedonau.com> wrote:
>>
>> hello
>>
>> the driver side leaf spring rear shackle broke and the leaf spring
>> punched through the truck bed. I was figuring on mig welding the bed to
>> repair it. On a truck forum they are telling me to replace the bed,
>> which i will not be doing. the bed is in excellent shape except for this
>> punch through. One person has suggested welding a plate over the punch
>> through. I think a backing plate where the punch through is to be welded
>> to prevent burn through. A friend has suggested to gas weld the punch
>> through. whatever method i use i need to apply a rust prevention coating
>> to both the top of the bed and the under side.
>>
>> I could remove the bed from the truck frame but that I think is
>> overkill. removing the bed would make repairing the leaf spring shackles
>> and brackets easier. would make repairing the punch through easier too.
>> working from above is preferred over laying on the floor and have rust
>> and sparks falling on the face shield.
>>
>> so my question:
>> mig or oxy-acetylene welding.
>> weld both the top and bottom of the punch through or just the top.
>> is a backing plate needed.
>>
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>> terry l. ridder ><>
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