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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 07:44 PM
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my friends white bros e-series pipe broke at the welds were the pipe connects to the silencer. did this happen to ne one else? can he arc weld it back together??
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:32 PM
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:41 PM
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if its steel, stainless or a few others then you can mig weld it, if its aluminium you could tig weld it, i did some welding on bigbearfx's wolverines silencer, seemed to turn out ok, but it was just stock, any ideas on what king of metal it is??
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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Check out CaliRaptors pix...it happened to him.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:43 PM
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really, i guess it would be best to just give it a shot, if you don't what else are you going to do with it??
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 08:45 PM
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man, you beat me by less tahn 1 min.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 09:00 PM
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that happened to mine also, I just had a friend that was experienced with alum tig welding fix it. It worked great!
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 10:24 PM
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alpharaptor, i looked at caliraptors pic page and thats exactly how my friends looked. the only experiance i have is arc welding and brazing. could you braze it? so its alluminum? you suggest he takes it to the same guy who welded his alluminum oil tank?..(he snaped the end of it trying to drain his oil)
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 10:33 PM
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Anyone that has experience welding alum should be able to easily do it.
 
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Old Apr 12, 2004 | 11:16 PM
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Originally posted by: BigBubba
Anyone that has experience welding alum should be able to easily do it.
alright man thanx alot.
 
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