Matthew Jeschke
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I'm a terrible welder, but have that itty bitty $100 harbor freight 110V welder. I've done a few things with limited success. Most recently my passenger fender broke where were the core support attaches. It ripped off right around the bolt.
I welded it back up and my welds didn't hold. I had stripped the paint and cleaned the metal but it didn't work. I'm going to pull the fender and see if I cannot put a backing plate of some sort on there to reinforce it.
Long story short, I don't know jack. Do I have to use a special kind of welding wire for the fenders. I assume they're steel? The metal is paper thing almost.
![20231209_085429.jpg 20231209_085429.jpg](https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/data/attachments/410/410365-976669b5a32fe507016d41d41aeeefc1.jpg)
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I welded it back up and my welds didn't hold. I had stripped the paint and cleaned the metal but it didn't work. I'm going to pull the fender and see if I cannot put a backing plate of some sort on there to reinforce it.
Long story short, I don't know jack. Do I have to use a special kind of welding wire for the fenders. I assume they're steel? The metal is paper thing almost.
![20231209_085429.jpg 20231209_085429.jpg](https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/data/attachments/410/410365-976669b5a32fe507016d41d41aeeefc1.jpg)
![20231209_085221.jpg 20231209_085221.jpg](https://www.tahoeyukonforum.com/data/attachments/410/410366-8df326004f0d952485f255c22630edbb.jpg)