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Welder Recommendations For C Gussets

  1. Nubby Webmaster K6NUB Joined: February 2018
    #126 Sep 2017, 10:05 AM

    I poked around the forum for who had been recommended lately for welding services and the latest thread was was a few years back and it does not look like Ryan Garret is at that Lincoln location anymore from what I can tell.  Anyone used him lately or know of another preferred welder?

    I bought the Artec gussets and I thought I needed to remove the ball joints and the rest axle assembly to prevent damage which means i needed to bring in a mobile welder if I want do the disassembly/assembly work myself, but I am reading of folks just cruising in to shops and having it done in a couple hours, so they must be doing them without disassembly.  Is that really safe for the axle components or am I just estimating way too much time for a pro to assemble/disassemble?

    Thanks!

    Jamie & Damaris
  2. Brian Member Joined: February 2020
    #226 Sep 2017, 10:40 AM

    I had mine welded on by a place in georgetown called blacksheep offroad. Did an awesome job and it was decently priced, I only had upper gussets welded on though. So all he did was droop the axle and kept wet rags on the ball joints. I have the teraflex gussets that dont wrap around the upper part of the C, so I think that kept some heat off the BJ's.

    There is also a place called Rock & Road performance in loomis if that is closer for you. I have seen his welds in person and they are outstanding. Might be a long wait though.

    W6JLU
  3. Guest former user
    #327 Sep 2017, 9:41 AM

    When I welded my artec truss kit on I left the ball joints in, just had a blow gun to cool the area down immediately after welding. So far I haven't had any problems with ball joint failure/play or weld fractures

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