Making my trailer spring over
- Thread starter Tebbsjeep
- Start date
cjncustoms
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- Location
- West jordan
Shouldn’t be an issue at all. A lot of trailers are soa from the factory.
It’s a little bit more stress on suspension components under braking because your axle would have more leverage to twist on leaf spring, but I don’t see brakes in that pic so that’s null.
One thing of note; vast majority of trailer axles are purposefully arched (bent) up in the middle. You need to keep that arch on top or you’ll be getting bad wear on your tires.
To keep the arch on top you will need to weld on new leafspring perches, don’t just try to flip your axle due to the leaf perches being on the bottom.
One thing of note; vast majority of trailer axles are purposefully arched (bent) up in the middle. You need to keep that arch on top or you’ll be getting bad wear on your tires.
To keep the arch on top you will need to weld on new leafspring perches, don’t just try to flip your axle due to the leaf perches being on the bottom.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
No gas? Windy day?
The gas was on. I made that mistake before, so now I have "turn the gas on dummy" written above the switches. I was outside, but it was pretty calm. I didn't have time to mess with it before work, so I'll take another stab at it tomorrow. Can you have too much gas flow?
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
That’s what mine look like when I don’t have the gas on. I believe you can have the gas on too high, yeah- something about causing turbulence around the nozzle and actually making it so the gas doesn’t do its job. Paging @SoopaHick since he’s a weldererer.
I can hear and feel the initial puff of gas when I pull the trigger, and my regulator reads 20cfh while holding the trigger. That's what the machine chart calls for with my wire size and gas type. Maybe I need to open it up and check the hose in the machine.
- Location
- Bountiful, land of rocks
I had my bottle act like that when it was really out of gas. Not sure if that's what you're dealing with or not?
- Location
- Eagle Mountain, Utah
That's shouldn't be "too much gas" but based on the pictures I would absolutely say a gas coverage issue. Just do all the typical maintenance things. Check the bottle and make sure it isn't empty. Clean your nozzle, any spatter or material in the nozzle can block gas flow.
And then make sure you aren't too far away or have a wildly aggressive angle. The gas wants to come out of the nozzle and then immediately go up to the sky so if angle or stick out is too much then your gas will never make it to the weld.
I consider mine empty when the guage doesn't register any pressure anymore. 🙂
The_Lobbster
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Is the bottle wide open, or just cracked?
Also, what polarity are you running?
I’ve been running my new HF mig on 20cfh in the garage, but noticed when I take it to the driveway, even the slightest breeze causes me to get porosity, so I crank it up to 35-40, and try to get my back to the wind to block it too.
Also, what polarity are you running?
I’ve been running my new HF mig on 20cfh in the garage, but noticed when I take it to the driveway, even the slightest breeze causes me to get porosity, so I crank it up to 35-40, and try to get my back to the wind to block it too.
The polarity is correct for solid wire and gas. The bottle is about halfway open. Should it be wide open? I just blew the machine out, checked the gas hose in the machine, blew the liner out, and cleaned the diffuser. I found the two gun lead o-rings were dry but not falling apart. I'll replace those and see how it welds.
- Location
- Grantsville, Utah
My personal preference is 25 CFH while the trigger is pulled. If mine says 20 without the trigger engaged, it will drop to 15 when I pull it.
Photo of bottle? Have you used it prior or is this the first run on the bottle? Could be wrong or bad gas?