Thursday, September 8, 2011

September 8: The bed day 13

Today I worked on a rusty corner of the bed.




The rear stake pocket had a bit of rust through ......




First I cut out the bad





Then I traced the shape

Note the slight lip to tie into the stake pocket

I started t ouse a grinder to cut it and decided I could do better with a hacksaw.




Final piece


Welded in

and the bed that supports that part of the stake pocket was also pretty bad .....




Other side done


I also received the transmission pawl to replace the one I welded... I'm looking forward to switching that out so I don't have to worry about my poor welding skills!

"Pawl" is the part that has the hour glass shape.

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