TX Firefighter-This what you're talking about?

[pritch]

While cleaning and sandblasting this rear coil spring cup, I discovered this crack:


A few minutes with the dremel grider to groove along the crack a little bit. Do both sides:



The picture of the weld didn't come out very good, but a few minutes more with the peanut grinder, then back to the dremel:



A little bit more sandblast and good as new:



I could have easily ordered a new one, and then it probably wouldn't be quite the same as the other so I'd have to get another-maybe 20 bucks or so for the pair. Instead I spent 20 minutes and bought some satisfaction with the money I saved.