Technical Is there a way to unlock weld things?

Hi guys, at one point or another my grandfather bobbed what I think was an old ford pickup truck and made a trailer out of the old bed. It uses an old drop axle with the steering knuckles welded to it so they can't steer. I would like to know if there is a way to fix it and get it to steer again.

Thanks.

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Sorry about the typo in the title my phone's autocorrect is being a pain as usual.

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I have done it many times, it depends on how much and where it was welded.

 

Cool thanks for the quick reply.

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Pics?

 

I have found that a grinder works on welds really well as does a scarfing tool. Sometimes you have to decide which part you want to sacrifice.

 

Just took a crappie one



It's welded right where the ball joint meet the axle.

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Crappie?

 

I wanna see that whole axle.

 

Lol. Yeah its sorta fishy.

Looking at the further it appears it was cut in half and re welded back together in the middle, maybe it might still be worth it to fix it but it might not be.

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Lol

 

V8-60 axle? If it's not to rusty it's worth money. But it looks pretty rusty.

 

I'll have to get a good look at it tommrow but from what I have seen today it's all just surface rust

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Probably the easiest is to sacrifice the knuckle - cut oversized and then mill the axle back to spec.

After you clean it up a little, you might take it to an old school welding or machine shop - some of those old viejos can wash that weld right off with a torch without touching the parent metal.

 

It doesn't look like Ford spindles or brakes, looks like it may be a Mopar axle.

 

It's probably a mopar axle, my grandfather like his mopars.

 

ok, thank you.

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Done it with a dremmel and tiny grinding discs,
Just need good music and patience

 

Cool I even have a Dremel, this should be fun.

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Looks to be a Mopar double dip axle to me. Most guys convert those to Ford spindles anyway, so you might a well junk the spindles to save the axle. Grind the globs off then use a cutoff disk to cut thru the spindle just above the axle until it is free. I wouldn't try to completely clean up any residue weld left on the axle after the spindles are removed until you know the dimensions that your machinest will need to modify it for the Ford spindles. You don't want to accidentally remove too much.

 

Cool thanks

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Ok upon Closer inspection it is in fact cut in half and welded back together, with that said I think it's pretty worthless

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