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It is a bit like cutting and welding drop links really but if it works is it then not a bodge? As a fully qualified engineer I admit I have used sealants and they have worked, I have also cut and welded droplinks.
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coverco wrote:It is a bit like cutting and welding drop links really.
SuperRedMR2 wrote:
Ollie they are£120
Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:coverco wrote:It is a bit like cutting and welding drop links really.
I see no similarity whatsoever.
Welding is a permanent action of joining two metals that has been used for centuries.
Propshafts are cut and shut.![]()
Driveshafts are cut and shut.
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Droplinks are cut and shut.
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All professional solutions to a problem of excessive length.
One has been relied upon in engineering since the industrial revolution.![]()
One has not.
coverco wrote:Peter Gidden - SBITS wrote:coverco wrote:It is a bit like cutting and welding drop links really.
I see no similarity whatsoever.
Welding is a permanent action of joining two metals that has been used for centuries.
Propshafts are cut and shut.![]()
Driveshafts are cut and shut.
![]()
Droplinks are cut and shut.
![]()
All professional solutions to a problem of excessive length.
One has been relied upon in engineering since the industrial revolution.![]()
One has not.
Peter have you ever studied metallurgy? Welding does of course join two metals together however the heat required to achieve the join does affect the metal surrounding the weld.This can make the surrounding area much more brittle which can under certain conditions fail
(the weld will be OK but the surrounding metal will fail).
The correct engineering solution for a drop link is to have one continuous piece of rod with a ball joint at each end, which is how they come from the manufacturer, shortening the metal rod is a bodge I am afraid.
As to the industrial revolution well you are wrong there as well, there were many"bodges" to seal leaking tanks and pressure vessels the most common being tar or pitch.
Welding was used of course but it was at lower temperatures than modern welding techniques and so the metallurgical changes were not as extreme.