jwhite518
Well-known member
I have a BLM Accessories fuel cell on my FJR. It's a wonderful unit. Unfortunately, one of the mounting brackets had a weld fail. The bracket attaches to the frame via two bolts on each side, and one of the bolts was missing. Probably it's my own fault for not tightening it properly when I installed it, or for not checking it any time recently. So the bolt came off, causing the cell to be loose and bounce, which caused the weld on the bracket to fail. It was a very clean break. You could see the original angles of the two pieces. All the welder had to do was grind off the old weld inside the joint, align the two angles that were already cut, and re=weld.
I didn't bother taking any photos of the break. But now I have removed the bracket from the other side and circled the broken weld.
So I found a local welding shop and brought it in. The people at the front desk understood perfectly what the job was and they said to come back in a few days. This is what I picked up yesterday.
Now you know why I had to take off the other bracket. So I can bring it back to the shop and say "copy this, you morons." I could be pissed off at them, but it's too funny for that.
I didn't bother taking any photos of the break. But now I have removed the bracket from the other side and circled the broken weld.
So I found a local welding shop and brought it in. The people at the front desk understood perfectly what the job was and they said to come back in a few days. This is what I picked up yesterday.
Now you know why I had to take off the other bracket. So I can bring it back to the shop and say "copy this, you morons." I could be pissed off at them, but it's too funny for that.
