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What hole? Nice work Mark, also nice welding safety moccos.
Yep, had me moccos on mate. Safety first!
If I had a larger grinder, mine is a 115mm, the grinds using the flappy disc would be a lot smoother. As when I run my hand over the area it’s like the Grand Canyon. Not too worried though as the spotties will cover this area. Just getting rid of the useless holes.
Mudski's High Warn High Mount Rebuild into an ARB GU Bar
Go the front plate cut and spot welded in. Not sure if I weld the plate the heat is going to damage the bumper though.
I got a contact at ARB head office chasing new rubbers for me but they are not sure if they are available. As I will have to cut these off. I’ll just wait and see next week before I decided on a plan.
Hopefully I can as I want to get the bar sandblasted and powdercoated too when it’s done. IMG_2962.jpg
Get a sopping wet tea towel and do a small weld and quench the area immediately. I have done this with success many times, Just keep the weld zone small and absolutely quickly apply the teatowel to the hot area, lots of water.
Get a bit of copper pipe, split it open, beat it flat and jam it in behind each weld with a thick plate of steel behind it. This and Phil's method combined should really suck out the heat.
Mudski's High Warn High Mount Rebuild into an ARB GU Bar
The final fit up of the winch I had to cut more out. IMG_2965.jpg
I was hoping to get the bit out in the bottom left of the pic with adjusts the depth of the bar when mounted up. But it seems it’s seized/ rusted in and I’m worried I’ll snap the thread off. It’s been soaked it everything, hit with heat, frozen and it’s got to a point it won’t go any further without breaking. This is all that’s holding me up now. So close...
Yeah it’s pretty dodgy though. My knowledge of this is limited so I did the best I could. It’s not nice and flat where I’ve welded up but pretty good and most of it won’t be visible as the spotties will be covering it up.
Just hope I can get these bumper rubbers.