Damaged Center Stand

I found a local welding shop that is willing to take a look at it! Going over this afternoon with the rolling frame and hoping he says. "Piece of cake"! :yes: :beg:

Pics before and after!

Dangit Gerry! You were supposed to wait until next week to take it to the shop. I wanted to see it first.

gerry this is no different than a tug boat ..now fix it ...LOL :hihihi:

Finally...pics:

Don't look so bad here huh? Except, there should be no curves in the crossbar. It is supposed to be straight across!


Compared to the one I got from Steve83:


There is a little crack in the weld here:


These pictures speak for themselves!

Good thing I cleaned up! The shop is getting a bit crowded. :hihihi:

Yeah, I'd say you have a bit of a twist there...

Time to start hanging parts from the ceiling!

Is it rusted out?
Took a hit?
Both?

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119397#p119397:2p3kgnpf said:

dan filipi » Wed May 28, 2014 3:20 pm[/url]":2p3kgnpf]
Is it rusted out?
Took a hit?
Both?

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Yep, rusted out AND took a hit......I sat on the bike and it decided that my girth overloaded the bike! :smilie_happy:

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119411#p119411:2xilkpjy said:

mcgovern61 » Wed May 28, 2014 4:57 pm[/url]":2xilkpjy]

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119397#p119397:2xilkpjy said:

dan filipi » Wed May 28, 2014 3:20 pm[/url]":2xilkpjy]
Is it rusted out?
Took a hit?
Both?

Click to expand...

Yep, rusted out AND took a hit......I sat on the bike and it decided that my girth overloaded the bike! :smilie_happy:

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:shock: Roh-roo. I better start to do something about my girth!

No wonder you didn't want a buffer in your shop. That would have flung lint and dust everywhere!

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119411#p119411:1z0up1pl said:

mcgovern61 » Wed May 28, 2014 5:57 pm[/url]":1z0up1pl]

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=119397#p119397:1z0up1pl said:

dan filipi » Wed May 28, 2014 3:20 pm[/url]":1z0up1pl]
Is it rusted out?
Took a hit?
Both?

Click to expand...

Yep, rusted out AND took a hit......I sat on the bike and it decided that my girth overloaded the bike! :smilie_happy:

Click to expand...

:smilie_happy:

Rolling frame is back and the centerstand cross bar is fixed!!! arty: :yahoo: :rocks: :Egyptian:









This:




is a lot better than this!

That looks a whole bunch better Gerry.

Did he stick to the price?

Wow - nice work! Looks better than most of the original welds!

[url=https://www.classicgoldwings.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=120315#p120315:3g180j80 said:

brianinpa » Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:59 pm[/url]":3g180j80]
Did he stick to the price?

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Yes he did!! It took him a bit to figure out how to save the left side tab for the removable frame section while cutting out the cross bar, but he did it and he did a good job!

:good: Another successful job!

cool nice looking work .... rolling frame back on line :good:

:head bang: Cleaning up the frame for any unpainted section and where the welding work was performed for the cross tube, and I see a bit of loose paint just forward of where all of the welding work was done. Tap the loose paint to clean it up and find out it was NOT loose paint! It was rust!! :Awe:

Work my way back with a chipping hammer around the right side of the frame just forward of the driver footpeg bolt hole and the metal pops a piece of rust! Clean out the little hole and kept tapping and more rust came out. The welding work must have heated up the frame tube and dislodged rust that did not show up before this. There is about a 3/8" hole in the tube underneath the section where the frame meets the centerstand.

It wasn't there right after the welding was done. I think I can borrow my friends welding machine and tackle this one......just another setback! :cheeky:

Ain't that just the shizz, would have been nice if it had showed up when it was at the welding shop. Keep plugging at it Gerry.