All of these pressure fittings generally are not used beyond 4 inches.
Weld 3 4 inch deep socket onto garage door axle.
What is the best way to minimize heat damage to the differential.
Thanks to all for the discussion.
He wants to put several pieces of 3 32 welding rod lengthwise around the stub to fill the gap while welding.
The stubs look like this.
Swiveling weld on tie down rings accommodate ties in any direction with these rings that swivel all the way around and pivot 180.
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Then pull the axle assembly out of the chassis stand it on end crank up the welder and go.
Hey guys i am installing a 4 link in my 69 camaro and i need to weld 4 3 tabs to the axle tubes.
The fit is going to be rather sloppy.
In fact more common is about 2 inch 3 inch.
So in essence i m trying to build a crowfoot style socket.
Casoman 3 8 drive impact socket set 48 piece standard sae and metric sizes 5 16 inch to 3 4 inch and 8 22 mm 6 point cr v steel socket set 4 5 out of 5 stars 391 58 97 58.
Since the range of nps s for socket welds is all the way up to nps 4 there is a need for experienced judgment in deciding the optimum pre weld gap.
The most common size of the socket weld fitting is from 1 2 inch up to 4 inch.
The od of the stub is 1 75 and the id of the pipe is 1 94.
I also benefited from stanweld s experience regarding leakage when the pipe was inserted less than 1 4 inch.
I ve been asked to weld some axle stubs into a piece of schedule 80 pipe to make an axle for a trailer.
Diff is currently complete and still in the car since the tabs have to welded in with suspension at ride height.
You will not see a lot of socket weld fittings in larger than 2 or 3 inch sizes.
Mostly it s 1 inch 1 inch nominal pipe size.
I start in one spot and weld about 1 4 of the full diameter then immediately jump over to the other side of the axle tube and weld 1 4 of the full diameter directly accross from the first weld.
Gator grip universal standard sae and metric 3 8 in drive 6 point socket set.
So the idea is to use a 3 4 drive 1 5 8 socket 41mm sockets are very hard to find and very expensive and 1 5 8 is only 026 larger and should work fine with the square drive bored out enough so the socket will slip over the shaft and fits on the nut.
Craftsman 11 piece 3 8 in drive 6 point shallow socket set.
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