Welds on chassis

deltabronco · May 28, 2007

I was looking at the factory welds on the chassis of my 76 and was amazed at how rough they are. The welds all over the frame are consistantly rough. There even appears to be slag on some of them. Is this pretty standard for the time period?

mp · May 28, 2007

Yep. They are all like this.

RV77 · May 28, 2007

I used a grider to clean up the slag and crappy welds that were on my '77.It looks alot better.I was disappointed in ford for letting this pass quality control.

1975stroppebaja · May 28, 2007

Yep... mine are rough too. I saw all of my frame in great detail today for the first time.... today was POR-15 day!

deltabronco · May 28, 2007

1975stroppebaja said:
Yep... mine are rough too. I saw all of my frame in great detail today for the first time.... today was POR-15 day!

I will be doing that next weekend.

1975stroppebaja · May 28, 2007

deltabronco said:
I will be doing that next weekend.

That's cool... everything went pretty smooth on mine.

Here's where I ended up today

Tito · May 28, 2007

Gotta love a freshly painted Bronco frame, it truly is attractive, kinda sexy with some curves and all.

PS I love your custom tie rod

Nobody · May 28, 2007

I think the "new guy" did all the welding on my frame. At first I started to think my frame had some major R&R done, but I've since realized that they are all like this.

1975stroppebaja · May 29, 2007

PDXBronco said:
PS I love your custom tie rod

Thanks! Not sure how long that cable tie is gonna hold up though!

DirtDonk · May 29, 2007

Those tires bring back some good memories. Funny, but those good 'ol Sears Road-Handler radials were a great dual-purpose tire. Great on the street, and great on the rocks and dirt and snow.
I'm sure they were pretty bad in the mud, but I don't play there much. Seems to me they were made by Michelin. Do yours say Sears or Michelin, or something else, on them 1975stroppe?

Paul

1975stroppebaja · May 29, 2007

DirtDonk said:
Those tires bring back some good memories. Funny, but those good 'ol Sears Road-Handler radials were a great dual-purpose tire. Great on the street, and great on the rocks and dirt and snow.
I'm sure they were pretty bad in the mud, but I don't play there much. Seems to me they were made by Michelin. Do yours say Sears or Michelin, or something else, on them 1975stroppe?

Paul

Yeah, my Dad and my uncle both ran those tires for a long time. Mine say SEARS on them and Road Handler Radial A-T in the raised white letters. Definitely a recognizable tread pattern

ransil · May 30, 2007

"Factory booger welds"

Skiddy · May 30, 2007

ransil said:
"Factory booger welds"

Yep they had a bunch of monkeys working for them back then

45acp · Jun 2, 2007

You think we have bad welds? Check out Jeep CJ's. Alot of them look like a little 50 amp no penetration piece of rope laying on the frame. Ive even seen one were the weld missed by 1/2" and wasnt even keeping the frame together. We pulled the motor out and the frame spread apart.

Ours are boogered but at least they hold.

broncow72 · Jun 2, 2007

I actually find the booger welds to be very accomodating. They make MY welds look factory. Keeps people wondering if Broncos came with 4 doors, shock hoops, or any of the other things I've added.%) ;D

deltabronco · Jun 2, 2007

I actually found a peice of Welding wire on mine. It was twice the size of an .035 wire (.035 is pretty standard wire) It looked to be a flux wire. That would explain the crappy welds. I dont understand why the wouldnt use a sheilding gas.

deltabronco · Jun 2, 2007

Very nice 1975stroppebaja. I hope to be there soon.

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