Repairing stake pockets

[ggdad1951]

I'm guessing it's easiest to repair these by drilling out the spot welds and pulling them off?

[HanksB3B]

Not FEF right?  

 

A faster way...

With this method you get to throw the rest of the bed out 

 

Checking Inventory before Fedex'ing the stake pockets to Windom Minnesota

 

it's for the trailer,  yes is the answer to your question (air chisel instead of drilling?)

 

Hank 

Edited December 8, 2013 by HanksB3B

[ggdad1951]

Yah trailer

[48Dodger]

Use the special spot weld drills...comes with a attachment for the drill bits. It drills around the weld.

 

48D

 

Here's a cheapy one from Harbor Freight.

 

http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-double-sided-rotary-spot-weld-cutter-95343.html

Edited December 8, 2013 by 48dodger

[52b3b Joe]

I have been drilling them out with a regular bit. I haven't taken a pocket off, I have just been cutting off the bad and making patches. I am replacing the angle on the sides for the floor which is more time consuming than I thought it would be.

[Young Ed]

Mark as the others said you need a spot weld cutter. I picked up a few at harbor freight about a year ago and have since removed the dash from a cab and a couple stake pockets from junk bedsides. It goes pretty easily.

[Dave72dt]

I cut out the bad spots, fit a patch in , weld and grind smooth. Only pic I have of how much I cut out. Had one of patch tacked in and one after weld and grind, no filler required, they're on a dead computer, sorry.

http://p15-d24.com/gallery/image/699-build-pics/

[52b3b Joe]

I cut out the bad spots, fit a patch in , weld and grind smooth. Only pic I have of how much I cut out. Had one of patch tacked in and one after weld and grind, no filler required, they're on a dead computer, sorry.

http://p15-d24.com/gallery/image/699-build-pics/

 

That looks just like mine. I guess I should have put pictures up the first time maybe, but here they are now. My skills are probably not as good as a lot of you but this is what I did. 

[Young Ed]

I cut out the bad spots, fit a patch in , weld and grind smooth. Only pic I have of how much I cut out. Had one of patch tacked in and one after weld and grind, no filler required, they're on a dead computer, sorry.

http://p15-d24.com/gallery/image/699-build-pics/

 

Dave if you still have the harddrive out of it you can most likely recover those photos using a box that will turn that drive into an external.

[Dave72dt]

http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=12360&stc=1&d=1336755180

found the finished weld that I posted on another forum