welding in deck reinforcements

[jonny scoot]

i am thinking about welding on my deck reinforcements? has anyone tried this? will it weaken the deck. they are right angel alloy

i am going to get 18 wides and weld them in also [yes they will be alluminum]

 

[ryankeong]

u would probably be better off bolting you reinforcemetns but welding you cossbar which i am assuming it is would be good and save u cutting ur hand on bolts and worrying bout your bar moving

 

[stukwon-do]

Personally i wouldn't reinforce with alluminum if it's on the bottom of the deck cause as you grind it just wears down whereas steel may be a bit heavyer but it will pretty much never wear down from grinds!

 

[skavenger]

Personally i wouldn't reinforce with alluminum if it's on the bottom of the deck cause as you grind it just wears down whereas steel may be a bit heavyer but it will pretty much never wear down from grinds!

But can you weld Steel to aluminium? Oh yeah, you think you can.

 

[scooters]

no you cant.......

 

[mat]

aluminum reinforcements wear down very slowly, and steel is just too fucking heavy.

 

[)bradhouston(]

if uwelded reinforcements on wudnt it jus bend with the deck?

 

[Brian Boston]

if uwelded reinforcements on wudnt it jus bend with the deck?

Yeah thats what i was thinking, if you snap the deck the reinforcements might snap with it. You won't know until you try it though.

 

[the_SD_local]

Bad idea.

And yes it will weaken the deck. If you have an old deck you just want to try it and mess around with go for it but don't do it on anything good.

 

[Steezeman]

Your aluminum bars are gonna have to be hella thick not to bend.

 

[jonny scoot]

they are 4m thick, Alex
i got them off my dads bike and cut the bulge out of the middle

the guy is going to add some things to the deck to strenghten it, Andrew

 

[skavenger]

no you cant.......

really man? never knew thanks champ.

Sarcasm really is'nt detectiable over the internet, hey?

 

[jonny scoot]

i think it is

 

[brad pas]

you wont wreck your deck my welding your reinforcements on. its kinda similar to bolting (in a way of bending) your pining the bar to the side of the scooter, in 2 or more places, and the scooter relies on the strength of the bar to stop bending your scooter, so if it were to bending, that means the bar will have to bend, the exact same to bolting.

if you get the welding right (no melting straight through) and have nice strong welds where it wont get worn from grinding, i think it will be perfect maybe even better because you don't need to worry about it coming undone.

 

[jonny scoot]

i m etting it welded tomorrow, the bars are done and they are awsome

 

[beanmac]

ahhhhh dont do it i welded reinfrocements on once and my deck snaped like off a 3 foot fly out it was hoorible

 

[jonny scoot]

i welded them on the bottom and allen bolted on the sides.
the bars are awsome

 

[jonny scoot]

here are the pics

 

[beanmac]

awee dudeee your so srewed ill post pics of what happend to my scoot after i weled them on

 

[tunney]

It was reinforced the shittyway. If you notch the welds it would make it so much better.

Like on the pro model where the fold mech is. it isn't a straight weld it is notched so if one weld gives the whole thing just doesn't go.