Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F wrote:
"Arc" welding is a pretty broad term. TIG, MIG, stick, or "greased lightning!"? You plan on tak'n it to Thunder Road?
Trim the threaded end od the tube back to the tee, trim/taper the other end for pretty, fully tap what is left, screw the fwd rod end into the tube leaving room for the jamb nut, and your tube should line up on the flange.
Box the flange with one or two inch wide, 1/8 thick strips top and bottom.
The susp geo looks good from here.
Thanks for the tips. Actually that tube is fully threaded and the rod end will go all the way in. I actually wanted to see how far how I can thread it out to check if it was salvage-able the way it is (i.e check the length). With the rod end threaded all the way out as seen, it's still too short.
But definitely will make those adjustments.
Arc welding for me, would be stick welding. My stick welder has a tig function without a foot pedal but I don't have gas so for now, regular stick it is. 6010, 6011, 7011, 6013, etc.
I built a tube winch bumper using the stick welder after my harbor freight mig flux core welder died and got pretty used to it. Figured out if you go really thin like 1/16" 6013 you can do really thin sheet metal no problem. Just annoying having to crack all the slag off of the welds but I bought a 2nd angle grinder strictly for the purpose of wire wheeling the slag off.