Recall the recall replacements

"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario) 06/15/2020 at 09:49 • Filed to: harbor freight

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That’s an absolutely shit weld. No penetration at all into the welded material, just a pretty covering. This welder was essentially putting metal caulk on that seem.

E90M3 > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 09:55

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facw > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 09:57

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Yeah, that’s serious garbage that probably never should have made it through QA.

VincentMalamute-Kim > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 10:09

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How does one even go about accomplishing that?

sn4cktimes > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 10:10

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Hot glue gun operator indeed . You’d think they’d Magnetic Particle T est a jack stand, that type of defect would stand out. Also maybe do some damn material prep. I know it’s stamped gauge plate, but It’s gotta hold a damn car. B evel the edge a bit. ESPECIALLY after just having a massive continent wide recall for the EXCACT same product.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > VincentMalamute-Kim 06/15/2020 at 10:11

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By being really bad at your job and having no quality control oversight

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > sn4cktimes 06/15/2020 at 10:13

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There’s no way this is a one off occurrence either. That’s not a freak occurr ence or something, it’s just bad welding and no quality control.

ClassicDatsunDebate > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 10:18

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I have a feeling that part of the problem is the design itself. That continuous rise of the legs up to a sharp v where the weld starts, focuses all that tension onto the start of that weld. I’m not a Civil, but I bet if you did a finite element analysis on that, you’d find the crotch of that v to be a very high stress point under load. Add in  a shit weld and boom....mousetrap.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > VincentMalamute-Kim 06/15/2020 at 11:40

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My guess is it’s welded by a robot and said robot wasn’t set up right.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 11:42

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HF be like

They don’t call it the Horrible Fright for nothin.

sn4cktimes > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 12:42

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The photo is also kind of hard to determine if it’s a multi pass weld or just the paint shine. It also looks like it’s been done by hand. There’s no reason a machine with Sub-Arc or a friction stir technique couldn’t have been used. I’m also surprised (my jacks included) that there’s not a backing / tie plate of some sort welded across the seam. It would be much stronger than just a butt weld.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > sn4cktimes 06/15/2020 at 13:03

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There’s no reason a machine with Sub-Arc or a friction stir technique couldn’t have been used.

But those things cost money, why do that when I  can just hand this welder to this guy for $2/hr

VincentMalamute-Kim > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 06/15/2020 at 19:33

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That makes sense.  And no QA as per MasterMario.

VincentMalamute-Kim > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 06/15/2020 at 19:33

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I believe you and HFV are correct.