Something I havent seen asked before

ok I am still kinda new to building right now and I am about to bag the front of my 89 b2200. Anyway with my welder what is the best size wire to use to weld the front brakets? I have seen all kinda questions asked about placement and what not of them but my concern is the size of wire. I am runnin a 30 but have some 35. I dont know alot about this and just curious which one would be better. I am learning as I go and cant afford to send it to a shop and pay them to bag it.... any help is greatly appreciated
thanks in advance

First of what kind of wire are you using? Shielded/Non-Shielded?

If you are using Flux Cored (Shielded) Wire then .30 should be just fine. That is what I used, and it put the heat down just fine.

If you using Non-Shielded Wire which means your using gas or c02 then you want to bump it up to .35

Just an FYI, if this is a mig welder make sure you reverse the polarity between the different wire...otherwise youll be effed!



Dev

ok i want to pick up a 110 mig---no gas will this work for my notch?? brackets??/...i might pick up a stick welder for my 4 link....i think the mig will work fine for my body drop...any info would be great

Personally I wouldn't use a 110 for anything suspension related. If you have to though, make sure you use Flux-Cored Wire and I would probably make two passes with the weld just to make sure...

Its all about your own safety and personally opinions...I have seen some 110 welds break on a buddies mini and it was no good.

Just spend the extra money and get a 220!

Just my 2 pennies.



Dev

Not to cause shit but until this year I was using a 110 mig welder with gas and .30 wire and it worked well. I have since moved up to a 220 mig welder and everything is the same the only difference is now I can weld 1/2 inch steel and I don't use my stick welder any more. The 110 is great to use just make sure that the steel is really clean and you use a little more heat.

ok i just picked up this old stick welder for 30 bucks it seems to work well at the guys houes i bought it from..my buddy is going to wire meup a 220 plug this week end will this work well from my suspention stuff

I have a Flux Core Its messy and hot but gets it done... I havent done anything that has weight on it, I have shaved doors and tailgates with it though.... I have the brackets from Suicidedoors.com they seem pretty thick I am just curious if it would work on this.. its just a regular plug like everything else in my house..

You don't need fluxcore, and you can do structural welds with a 110 mig. My buddy's Mazda was bagged 4 years ago, all welds with an old 110 lincoln mig. The suspension is still solid as a rock. You just have to know how to weld properly.

Okay guys just remember when using a stick welder you have to bang of the slag that is over the weld.

lol yup i remember that from shop class...lol