Thread: my suspension!!

would my upper level math class be Jeopardizing my safety along with everyone elses on the freeway this thing destroys itself on?

all im trying to say is if this guy is not confident in his welding, he SHOULDNT be welding his control arms.

BTW im not HATIN on you.

im guessing you would let someone "aka a professor" check your welds too if you welded something!!!

i am very confident on my welds just that i want to make extra sure its good!!!

Personally, I am BIG proponent of second opinion ESPECIALLY if I am doing something for the first time (read: if my brother was not there when I first did a set of cams, I would have had an incorrectly installed shim and would have completely missed it.............)

Again, post up some pics and I am sure the knowledge of powers on this website will more than happily dissect and point you in the right direction hmong

ok guys, i just got back from meeting my teacher. he told me that its not the prettiest weld but it should hold/tack good together but he recommended me to add a brace under the arm and brace on each side so it could have more strength. also he told me to inspect them twice a week if i put them on my car. so next week im going back to my friend house and weld some braces around it.

couldnt find my camera so i decided to use my phone! quality sucks!!
here the side of the arms, i welded outside and in the inside for extra strength.

the top brace i add for the 1/2 gap, welded outside and inside for extra strength also.

here the bottom of the arm, also weld both side. there also a brace that fill the gap on the bottom but i dont think you guys can see it cause my phone camera quality sucks!

that is where you are wrong. I lifted my last truck 27 inches and did evereything myself in my driveway. I was/am very confident in my welds. this was not my first welding project unlike yourself.

i would recommend a thick plate on the bottom side of the control arm from the ball joint to atleast the sway bar mount.

also it looks like youve used a flux core welder. i would use a solid core.

that is what im going to do. weld some braces around the side and a brace under it with a thick plate covering it.

and yes i use an old flux core welder that's why i say that the weld came out sloppy, but at school we use solid core welder.

just to be clear. im not bashing your skills nor your creativity. but this must be done 100% correct.