- Location
- Colorado
Silly question probably, but I want to do it right do it once... I moved to CO from NM where we had verrry mild winters, if you could even call them that. Now I’m getting snow in April and have to think about things I never had to deal with. Not just shoveling snow LOL but coooold temps in the garage.
SO I’m wanting to weld on my axle, got a truss and lca mounts to burn in... and I don’t want the axle tubes or welds to crack or anything. With the axle so cold right now, I’m kind of worried to even take a torch to it (should be fine) but anyone got any good rules of thumb?
Should I blast my turkey fryer burner in there for a few hours AND use a torch on the axle tubes? I’m not even thinking about welding to the cast iron diff right now, doubt I could even get we warm enough to safely do it and def can’t cool it slowly as is required. Axle tubes should be much more doable in these temps, right?
Thanks for any input!
SO I’m wanting to weld on my axle, got a truss and lca mounts to burn in... and I don’t want the axle tubes or welds to crack or anything. With the axle so cold right now, I’m kind of worried to even take a torch to it (should be fine) but anyone got any good rules of thumb?
Should I blast my turkey fryer burner in there for a few hours AND use a torch on the axle tubes? I’m not even thinking about welding to the cast iron diff right now, doubt I could even get we warm enough to safely do it and def can’t cool it slowly as is required. Axle tubes should be much more doable in these temps, right?
Thanks for any input!