Hello all,

Will these seat belt anchorages be ok for the SVA? They are welded to one of the uprights on the gearbox tunnel. Will I need to weld additional supports to that upright? I have cleaned up the weld on the far one but not on the near one.

I got through with the exact same thing, as you have it there.

Looks like you have rats in your garage

i hope this is taken in a constructive way.

those welds dont look too hot. i suggest you up the amps and have another go.

As above.
No penertration on those welds

Sorry

Using CO2 by any chance? That doesn't flow as well as Argoshield but still penetrates ok. I'd still whack the juice up a bit and try to steady your hand more.

please accept this constructively
i agree with the other guys either you have power too low or the wire sppeed to fast
HOWEVER all is not gloom have a quick search on welding techniques and with a technique called a weave and a bit more juice you should be able to weld over the original weld and it should flow together to produce a stronger better weld
HTH les g

just wondering as I havn't got my seat belts sorted yet, do you need nylock nuts to stop them coming undone?

Your welding looks better elsewhere on the chassis - I'd guess that your problem was dealing with dissimilar-sized sections (3mm plate to 1.5mm wall tube). I suggest that you practice with some scrap.

You have to have the current high enough to weld into the 3mm plate - but that current setting will burn through the tube wall. This can be solved by favouring the thicker plate when welding - this makes sense when you practice!

Apart from the welding - the idea is sound. I made some 'buttons' out of steel bar, threaded down the middle and with a reduced bit turned on the outside. The reduced bit fitted snugly into the hole. The main advantage of doing this is that you get more metal to weld to.

Thanks fot the replys guys. I did have problems with welding the 2 different thicknesses together which is why the welds aren't so good but look ok else where - actually those you can see in the picture on the chassis are probably about the worst on the chassis. I'll do a bit more practice and have another go!