[T3] Invasion and Post Invasion Repairs

[John LaFrancois]

Just thinking out loud here, I haven't checked this, but is it possible
that the most of the bar is hardened, and the ends are softer?  Or the
machining on the ends of the bar may have removed most/all of the hardening
in those areas?  I would think that one might be able to keep some/most of
the hardness after welding spring steel if the weld areas or heat were
isolated, and quenched while still hot.

On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:

> On 8 Aug 2018 at 22:04, Keith Park wrote:
>
> > This is interesting, I wouldnt have thought you could have welded spring
> > steel sucessfully, but if this works it will save alot of the larger
> upper sway
> > bars, I have several bad ones that have had the problem over the years.
>
> I was worried, too, but I'd already tried a file on the bar and it's
> not hardened, which surprised me, so it seemed likely to work. Before
> asking Bill, the welder, to weld up the good bar, I gave him a junk
> one to practice on. That went without incident, so he welded up the
> good rod. The welding was done with TIG, using a high alloy filler
> rod that he would also use on steels like 4130. I'll try to get the
> number for that rod.
>
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