----- Forwarded Message ----
From: E Hines
To: Spike55
Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 8:50:53 PM
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Welding on Side Stand
Why weld when you can buy a sink-no-bob. Look here
http://www.sinknobob.net/%c2%a0 It works great and being made of rubber does not add any sharp metal edges.
----- Original Message ----
From: Spike55
To:
DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 5, 2008 5:19:07 PM
Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Welding on Side Stand
I saw and fixed fried wiring on bass boats that were welded on
because the welder (person) attached the ground to the tansom and
then walked around welding things. As he moved towards the bow,
circuits were made back through the wiring to the ground clamp and
the current "smoked" all of the wiring along that path, and only that
path.
If you keep the ground clamp on the side stand shaft and lay
the "BigFoot" in the floor around the OEM foot and weld, you should
be OK (personal experience). You'll have to spray paint the side
stand shaft & foot anyway so make your ground connect as close as
possible to the foot.
Don R100, A6F
--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogro ups.com, "eddiebmauri"
wrote:
>
> Hi all, I have a question about welding something onto the KLR's
side
> stand. I am considering buying one of those u-shaped metal Farkle's
> that you weld onto the side stand to give it a bigger footprint to
> avoid it sinking into soft dirt.
>
> So, my question is, "Do I have to remove the side stand, or
disconnect
> the kill switch that is connected to the side stand prior to
welding?
> Is it safe to welded onto the side stand without removing it, and
> without fear of frying (burning out) the safety switch in the side
> stand?"
>
> If any of you have welded one of those bigfoot farkles onto the KLR
> side stand, did you remove the side stand or take any precaution
> against frying the kill switch when welding?
>
> What I am asking is if the heat from welding a bigfoot onto the side
> stand will send enough heat up the metal rod (of the side stand) to
> burn out the safety kill switch? Also, would a heat sink halfway
up
> the side stand when welding be a safe way to attach a bigfoot?
>
> Eddie (03' KLR 650 - "la poderosa")
>
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