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Heating metal with a buzz box welder

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JB

11-22-2000 05:28:46




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A local outfit uses a DC generator/welder to thaw frozen pipes. They hook the leads up to opposite ends of the frozen section and then slowly bring the amps up. Could a buzz box AC/DC welder be used in the same way to heat up a starter ring gear? I am trying to remove it without damaging it? I realize that this would be putting a dead short on the welder.




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T_Bone

11-22-2000 08:29:50




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 Re: Heating metal with a buzz box welder in reply to JB, 11-22-2000 05:28:46  
Hi JB, I have used a torch, air/acetylene to heat the starter gear and it worked great. It doesn't take much heat. When the temp is just right the gear falls off, and I just layed the new one on top and started heating all around the circle and it just fell back on without any problems. I used the air/act torch because it was the only one I had at the time. Oxy/act would work just great too.

I don't think the welding machine would work very well as it would take for ever to heat the ring gear that warm, and it's really hard on the machines.

T_Bone

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Fred OH

11-22-2000 06:34:37




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 Re: Heating metal with a buzz box welder in reply to JB, 11-22-2000 05:28:46  
The answer to that question would be no as far as I'm concerned, you couldn't get enough heat into it fast enough without heating the flywheel also and defeating your purpose. You have to heat a small area fast but not red to expand the ring gear to loosen it. Some of the smaller Lincoln Buzz Box welders had a circle around 70 amps on the amp selector. This was for thawing pipes and etc. as the welder was 100% duty cycle at that setting. Take it to a shop that has a large acetylene torch and let them remove for you, and while it's still hot put it on the other flywheel. A twenty dollar job. L8R----Fred OH

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