Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 08:12 AM |
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Broken Stainless Exhaust Repair
sorry - not strictly kit car related but this site has knowledge better than any other i know of. 
Anyone with experience of Stainless / Welding - could you tell me if you think this is repairable. Its the Stainless steel Janspeed exhaust off my
Toyota MR2 mk1. Basically, teh welding of a bracket linking the box to the centre pipe has cracked leaving a hole of about 15mm x 5mm at the left
side. The right hasnt broken through the back box at all - cracked across the surface. The broken section is resonating at 2500 - 3000rpm which is
more how i noticed it really.
Any know a good Tig welder in the Wirral area at all??
Thanks
Paul
[Edited on 7/8/11 by Paul TigerB6]
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will121
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 08:58 AM |
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You can weld stainless with normal mild steel mig wire, I welded a bracket back on my stainless steel exhaust 18 and still fine
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Volvorsport
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 09:35 AM |
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yeah , you can repair that .
some of the stainless truck exhausts weve repaired at work after cracking!!!
you might need to make some load spreaders /flitches where you reweld it to try and brace it a bit more.
www.dbsmotorsport.co.uk
getting dirty under a bus
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Steve Hignett
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 09:44 AM |
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Take it to Welderman, he isn't that far away from you and it will be a perfectly repaired job...
He's on holiday until 1 week tomorrow.
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big_wasa
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 09:46 AM |
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I would plate that and weld it with a mig.
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 7/8/11 at 12:20 PM |
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Cheers guys
I've had a recommendation for a local fabrication company so will see what they can do when i call them tomorrow - they do ali and stainless
welding anyway. Problem is - being my only car at the moment its a bit tricky taking it further afield. My father is gonna pop it along for me when he
can as he's semi-retired
Oh the joys of public transport to get me to work tomorrow!! 
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