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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1177987" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>I backed my Bushhog Model 296 into a log. It bent the frame that support the tail wheel. The left arm of the frame was three inches out of alignment. It broke the left side welds at the middle braces. I checked with the Bushhog dealer. That frame minus the wheel costs $362. I expected the worse but not that bad.</p><p></p><p>I sit looking at this mess for an hour. I thought about anchoring it and using my FEL as a press and trying to bend it back. I said no, I have no way to control where it might bend and whether I might break more welds. I thought about cutting off the left arm and reattaching it. What I settled on was slabbing another piece of steel on the side of the arm and leveling up the frame. Here is a series of pictures to help get a visual idea of what I did. Keep in mind, that what needed to be corrected was the abnormal angle the wheel was tilted due to the bent frame.</p><p> First I braced across the broken welds with a sandwich of angle iron:</p><p><img src="http://i60.tinypic.com/2wdbjp2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Then I used 6013 rod, turned the voltage higher than normal and deep welded the crack:</p><p><img src="http://i62.tinypic.com/2czbpk5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Then I slabbed a mild steel plate on the left arm to allow me to align the tail wheel so it ran level:</p><p><img src="http://i60.tinypic.com/2s6pq3n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Finished project. Frame and wheel now level:</p><p><img src="http://i57.tinypic.com/ke81o7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1177987, member: 17767"] I backed my Bushhog Model 296 into a log. It bent the frame that support the tail wheel. The left arm of the frame was three inches out of alignment. It broke the left side welds at the middle braces. I checked with the Bushhog dealer. That frame minus the wheel costs $362. I expected the worse but not that bad. I sit looking at this mess for an hour. I thought about anchoring it and using my FEL as a press and trying to bend it back. I said no, I have no way to control where it might bend and whether I might break more welds. I thought about cutting off the left arm and reattaching it. What I settled on was slabbing another piece of steel on the side of the arm and leveling up the frame. Here is a series of pictures to help get a visual idea of what I did. Keep in mind, that what needed to be corrected was the abnormal angle the wheel was tilted due to the bent frame. First I braced across the broken welds with a sandwich of angle iron: [img]http://i60.tinypic.com/2wdbjp2.jpg[/img] Then I used 6013 rod, turned the voltage higher than normal and deep welded the crack: [img]http://i62.tinypic.com/2czbpk5.jpg[/img] Then I slabbed a mild steel plate on the left arm to allow me to align the tail wheel so it ran level: [img]http://i60.tinypic.com/2s6pq3n.jpg[/img] Finished project. Frame and wheel now level: [img]http://i57.tinypic.com/ke81o7.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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