$150.00 to rent a welder

[In The Ten Ring]

Well....back to the broken bolt fix. I don't have 220 volts in my garage. A friend is a custom welder and will be up my way next month. He says he'll do it, even use his rods, if I get a welder.

I just checked with a rental place and they have a Bobcat with its own generator and will rent it to me all weekend for $150.00. So...that's the plan to fix this:



Thoughts? Comments?

[jorgensensc]

Where is that bolt at? There has to be a cheaper/easier way. Why can't you just drill it out?

[DGulliver]

Yeah, a decent electric drill and about 4 good bits...20 minutes and she's out!

[67ChevyRedneck]

Looks like one of the center seatbelt bolts on DS? Looks like it's plenty big enough to drill it out and use and easy out bit???

[DWilbur]

You can buy a 110 volt welder at Harbor Freight for about $100. they work good. I have a plasma cutter from harbor Freight and it works great.

[arturo7]

Check out your local craigslist as well.

[cableguy0]

You say rods meaning stick welder I assume. A stick welder isn't going to work at least not very easily The rod itself will be too thick to do what you need to do. I would not spend 150 bucks to get out one broken bolt. Another 2-300 bucks gets you a pretty decent 110v mig welder. You will find plenty of other uses for it especially with an old truck. Whatever you get make sure it uses gas and not just a basic flux core welder. Flux wire for sheetmetal or body work sucks.

[In The Ten Ring]

It's one of the bolts that hold in the cab gas tank. Head came off when I was removing the tank.

I tried an easy out but I botched the job! Oh well, it was my first time.

I'm taking a welding class next semester and I think I'll just hold off on that bolt. It isn't essential and I can just remove the seat and gas tank and get it out later. My dad is a master welder but he's too elderly for that sort of thing now. A good friend is a welder also but I don't have 220 volts in my garage.

So I may just wait till next summer.

Oh yes, my dad agrees that I can just drill it out, after I smash what's left of the extractor I broke off! LOL

[cdowns]

a wader is not the way to fix that/// just a real good way to screw things up even more

get somebody who has a drill and buy reverse twist drill bits drill out and at worst you just need to slightly tap the hole slightly over sized // a not cruitical thing like the really is not needed all that much anyway so size doesnt really matter all that much


too bad you were not closer/// i'd fix it up for $145.99

[_Ogre]

for 2 times that rental you could buy a lincoln wire welder from home depot

[DWilbur]

I'm talking wire fed welder at Harbor Freight for about $100.00. all you have to do is add pressure regulator for the argon gas. my brother bought one and it works for thinner materials.

[team39763]

Tractor supply also has a $100 JobSmart welder.

[Mr. 250r]

Drill the center out with a smaller drill bit and get an e-z out bit we break bolts all the time at work and use e-z outs without them we'd have hundreds of more hours into everything

[ERASER5]

Look and read. He did drill the bolt. He did use an easy out. He broke it off. You can see the stub in the picture. However, a stick welder is not the right tool.

Try hitting the easy out stub with a center punch. That may be what you implied. Once the stub is broken, drill bigger. Do you have a propane torch? I like Mapp gas myself. Heat that bad boy up! If you must weld a std onto the bolt, use a MIG or better, a TIG. Good luck.

[71swb4x4]

Saying you need to rent a bobcat generator/welder to take a bolt out is a lot like saying you need to rent a backhoe to plant your garden. Way overkill for what you need. If you want to weld a nut on it, rent a 110 volt welder. They will do everything you need them to do. I have a 100 volt Hobart Handler 140 and I have used it to get broken bolts out.

[mikey2409]

quick fix if you have a electric dryer that run 220 volts you might need a adapter to plug in but im saying you dont cause 220 plugs are just like 110 they a basic standard design even though they are different

[Tom Vogel]

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I'm taking a welding class next semester [/QUOTE]

Very Wise!

[Tinkermc]

for that money I would not rent but own.