JC-jetro
Elite Member
Jonah,
Recently I bent my Ford 1700 steering arm an had a slight surface stress crack. I don't know how close the metallurgy and casting is between final drive and let say steering arm. I straightened the arm by taking the steering arm off, uses a dremel tool with cut of wheel, scored the crack area and gave it a bit of bevel, cleaned it and used my 120 volt Mig welder (used core flux wire, same of stick welding) and to my surprise it really took the weld well. a bit of cosmetic side grinding and a few sprays from a can of Ford enamel and I was good to go. I think it can be welded shut, although like Bill can't see how you can get that much of water out of a small crack.
JC,
Recently I bent my Ford 1700 steering arm an had a slight surface stress crack. I don't know how close the metallurgy and casting is between final drive and let say steering arm. I straightened the arm by taking the steering arm off, uses a dremel tool with cut of wheel, scored the crack area and gave it a bit of bevel, cleaned it and used my 120 volt Mig welder (used core flux wire, same of stick welding) and to my surprise it really took the weld well. a bit of cosmetic side grinding and a few sprays from a can of Ford enamel and I was good to go. I think it can be welded shut, although like Bill can't see how you can get that much of water out of a small crack.
JC,