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i cracked my bottom tube today doing an 180 saw stress cracks for months anyways.....ordered a new frame for the mean while should i duct tape the bottom tube with the top tube so it's atleast safer until my new frame comes in what would you do?
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just saw it off & make your bike lighter in the meantime
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blaaaaaaaaa wrote:
Film really stressful tricks and hope you get a good snap video.
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This.
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Duct tape will just hide the fact that the cracks got bigger, so it will give you false confidence, then it will give out at the worst possible time, causing you to get hurt, meaning your new frame will go unridden for months.
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Rent a cracker box and just stick weld it. Remove the paint off along the length of the crack, grind a v along its length as well, run a bead. Fixed
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95horsepower wrote:
Rent a cracker box and just stick weld it. Remove the paint off along the length of the crack, grind a v along its length as well, run a bead. Fixed
Stick welding is AWFUL on thin materials. It would likely blow through the materials and then be a HUGE pain to fill in the blown out holes.
Honestly a Tig Welder would be ideal, MIG (wire-feed) welder would work, hell, even a Torch and filler rod would help.
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95horsepower wrote:
Agrred a tig would be ideal but a mig would work well
No, it really wouldn't work well at all.
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dave lawrence wrote:
Duct tape will just hide the fact that the cracks got bigger, so it will give you false confidence, then it will give out at the worst possible time, causing you to get hurt, meaning your new frame will go unridden for months.
This.
Better to see the crack as it grows, better to just not ride it at all, or at the very least only cruise on it
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dave lawrence wrote:
Duct tape will just hide the fact that the cracks got bigger, so it will give you false confidence, then it will give out at the worst possible time, causing you to get hurt, meaning your new frame will go unridden for months.
sundaybmxRR wrote:
This.
Better to see the crack as it grows, better to just not ride it at all, or at the very least only cruise on it
Take it to a local weld shop and see what it would cost to lay a bead on the cracks.
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