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My first thought was that these weld points must be inaccessible without cutting the vehicle open. A weld point may be surrounded by metal structures that are t
by falcrist 8y ago
My first thought was that these weld points must be inaccessible without cutting the vehicle open. A weld point may be surrounded by metal structures that are themselves welded in place.
I'd love to hear from a mechanical engineer how likely it is that a structural weld point would be buried this way.
- userbinator 8y agoHidden welds are very common, although I don't know if these exact missing ones are. That said, cutting out entire pieces and replacing them is not uncommon; here's an interesting set of slides on replacing an entire B-pillar (the part missing the welds in these Subarus) on a Toyota: http://www.ciclink.com/archive/technicalpres/2010-7-Techpresent.pdf http://www.ciclink.com/archive/technicalpres/2010-7-Techpres... Note how the official repair instructions (surprised they even still publish these instead of "scrap the whole thing") literally say to cut the old one out and weld a new one in.