Guess i wont do it!

[Andy.B]

Calm the fuck down. Even if the welded area cracks and falls off there is still enough spring there to avoid 'total annihilation'.

Exactly.

Plenty of people run cut pigtail springs without bothering to weld them. I've seen some creative solutions, from wire, to self taping screws and brackets. Either way, even if the weld brakes, the car hits a huge bump, the suspension unloads, and the spring falls out, the worst that will happen is the car will bottom out on the bump stops.

Will it handle well with cut springs? Possibly not, but it certainly won't be as bad as many love to claim. And is he putting himself, or anyone else at risk? No.

[flyboyx]

there isn't a filler material for welding spring steel per se. the reason why is because the metal in a spring is tempered. that is to say it receives a special heat treatment that allows it to be tough but yet flex. when you heat the spring during welding, you are screwing up the temper. if the weld doesn't break, you will have a break in the spring itself just past the welded area on one side or the other. basically, for this not to break, it would need to be re tempered.

as far as filler material goes, they all are unsuited for this purpose, but i think the best choice would be stainless 304.

[iansane]

Not to mention heating a spring up enough to melt the metal is going to soften the spring rate like crazy...

[CHIF8008]

fa razz

[IronFreak]

Not to mention heating a spring up enough to melt the metal is going to soften the spring rate like crazy...

You don't heat it to that point. It's to extract the moisture that build up in the steel. Heating steel to "sweat" it is very common practice. I do it quite often, it allows you to produce a cleaner weld as well.

[nickflic3]

Its a 1971 torino. Just a 302 with a upgraded comp cam, headers intake and have a 4 barrel carb to put on. Have a 429 waiting to go in..dont know when though. haha. Has a hole in the hood for the cobra jet shaker we have too.

Nice, my buddy turned me in to a die hard 351 fan haha He had a Clevland in his 71 Gran Torino till it got wrecked. Just put it in a Mach 1 that should be out of paint soon

[iansane]

You don't heat it to that point. It's to extract the moisture that build up in the steel. Heating steel to "sweat" it is very common practice. I do it quite often, it allows you to produce a cleaner weld as well.

...I'm talking about welding the spring.

[Jboss12]

dont do eet, your car will splode

[mikeedler]

WOW I love this place. We are actually discussing welding a spring back together?????

[MR 325]

I think the term "is this real life?" applies to this one...

[JasonC]

Am i even on r3v right now? This is just wow....

[Court M3]

Am i even on r3v right now? This is just wow....

Had to recheck my browser and make sure I wasn't on any of the vw forums

[Larzzz]

im not gonna be using them.. everyone just needs to settle down. its not like ill be driving for months with these on! just gonna see how it is. if they brake, they brake oh well.

[agent]

break

[TimKninja]

Vote to ban OP.

I can't believe I'm seeing this .