and i had a question there are some welds that you can see on the picture with out the tank they do not look stock and were kind of crappy weld i cleaned them up a little but why are those there? and are they stock? its on the top rails about half way dow,...
Everyone asks about those factory welds.
They did not have TIG welding at that time. But they were sound welds.
It is just that now all the young guys have gotten used to perfect TIG welds even on a muffler.
They are plug welds in overlapping parts of sheet metal stampings.
They are factory welds. They have lasted 33 years.
Do NOT grind them down!! You can SAND spatter off,
but do not do anything to the weld or the height of the weld. Only sand NOT grind.
The frame is only .062 thickness. A grinding disk can take off half of that material in a split second!
The crown of the weld is a structural part of a weld
I know what I am talking about.
I am a certified welder and a certified welding inspector through the American Welding Society.
It is good to strip the paint off of the frame and inspect for cracks.
If you find a defect(crack), have a competent welder make a TIG weld repair.