Dallas can tell me how crappy my welds are.
And I won't care.
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#notawelder
I ain't gonna be a dick Ed.
Just gonna offer a little advice with no critique and no explanation.
Mig gun needs a CLEAN surface to bond to.
That means grind or clean off a spot for the ground clamp first of all. Might even want to think about flap wheeling off LOTRs "practice" spooges on it, but mostly the faces of the clamps.
Then id take a "cheek poker"(knotted wire wheel) to the proposed weld area and get all that rust cleaned off until its shiny. If theres an open crack, or open crack with metal displaced, take a die grinder or whatever fits in there and make it all as clean and shiney as possible, even if it opens a bit of a gap. Clean solid metal over a larger gap is better than porous, contaminant-filled garbage over a smaller gap.
There is "some" penetration on the "toe"(axle housing side) of that weld, but none on the flange side.
Sorry, guess I'm still being a Dik.
That needs to be ground out and have another go at er.
Mig welders are like that. They arent forgiving of rust/dirt/grease etc, and they dont give you as much control of where you point the "heat"(IE controlling arc to direct more heat to one side of the joint, or overall heat control).
You sed you wasnt a welder, so I aint breaking your bawls. Just some observations...n stuffs.
