welding question.

[alexscooter]

i have sz 3 piece bars. i want to weld a 1 3/8 tubing at the bottom so i can use hic. my friends dad has the welder. how long would the tubing have to be and what kind? are the bars chromoly, aluminum or steel or watever? anything else i should buy? thanks

 

[BrandonWeir]

Well I'm pretty sure you can't weld 2 different materials, and I'm guessing they're chromoly. Idk why they would be aluminum.

You'd probably want the HIC size tubing to overlap the 1 1/4 tubing at least 4 inches.

 

[alexscooter]

allright so get 4 inches of 1 3/8 tubing and weld it onto my bars and thats it?

 

[maxdemoss]

yeah make sure you sand the bottom of it where your going to weld so it looks clean.
overlap like an inch of it
HIC shims are only 2-2.5 inches

 

[Noah Fraley]

aww i culd of asked radtke at the skatepark he wuld no

 

[alexscooter]

allright... would lowes or homedepot sell em?

 

[Noah.]

i think homedepot does

 

[Jason Cronje]

No will probably have to order the tubing online from a metal supply company

 

[alexscooter]

i ride 21 high and my bars are 19 high with no slit... what should i do?

 

[Sc00t3rin]

hahah omg lol i did the same thing to my SZ buff bars to lol look

 

[alexscooter]

what kinda material are they?

 

[alexscooter]

so can buy a 6 inch piece of tubing, cut my bars to 17 high, make the tubing overlap 2 inches and then weld?

 

[BrandonWeir]

I'd suggest more than 2 inches of overlap but sure.

 

[alexscooter]

Ight but are they forsure chromoly?

 

[BrandonWeir]

ask sc00t3rin.

 

[TomK]

You don't need more than 2 inches. I rode some Tapered Rad OG bars that where tapered for like 4-6 months and the overlap was about an 1.5"-2" you dont need anymore than that.

 

[Sc00t3rin]

i used 8 inchs of 1 3/8s chromoly that i got from some old lucky HIC bars and then overlapped them by 2 inchs and got then TIG welded by a friend, u dont have to overlap them with 2 inchs u can just do 1 inchs, and u dont have the use such a large tapper either the reason mine is so big, 8 inchs is because i cut to much metal off the buff bars

 

[alexscooter]

how much is stiking out?

 

[DJ Lee]

also, ive heard from a few people that chromoly can only be TIG welded. it wont bond rigtht or itll warp if you just mig weld it. so ask ur friend if thats the kind of welder he has

 

[alexscooter]

allright, does anyone know where i can get the chromoly pipe?