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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 11:05 am    Post subject: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

My single cab gates are pretty solid, but one has developed a crack above the left hand forward hinge.

Aside from getting the shitty bedliner off, is this an easy fix?

Is it just a case of cutting along the crack with a cut-off wheel and stitch welding it?


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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 12:19 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

You wont know the scope of the job, how thin/thick the metal is until you remove the spray on bed liner and start cutting.
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PostPosted: Mon May 17, 2021 12:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

c21darrel wrote:
You wont know the scope of the job, how thin/thick the metal is until you remove the spray on bed liner and start cutting.


Getting that stuff off isn't going to be fun. Confused
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PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2021 10:44 am    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

Heat and a scraper.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 11:08 am    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

Finally had a chance to have a go at the bedliner with some heat and a scraper.

This is the crack on the inner face of the gate frame cleaned up. No sign of the crack progressing beyond this yet (no micro cracking etc).
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There's also cracking on the lower edge of the gate frame
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Similar cracks appearing on the rear gate from the hinge where the step is.
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Question as above; this a simple cleanup-and-stitch-welding fix?

Would it be sensible to drill holes at the end of the cracks to reduce the likelihood of them progressing until I can get round to fixing them, or is that a myth?
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

That might be metal fatigue from opening gates with stiff hinges. Or the channels may be rotting from the inside out. Get your hinges good and loose, maybe you could blow out the channels and blow some Ospho or something in the drain holes and weld it up. Nothing lasts forever.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 12:59 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

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That might be metal fatigue from opening gates with stiff hinges. Or the channels may be rotting from the inside out. Get your hinges good and loose, maybe you could blow out the channels and blow some Ospho or something in the drain holes and weld it up. Nothing lasts forever.


I think fatigue cracking rather than rust. Other than these cracks, the gates are in pretty amazing condition. It's an ex-California truck and basically rust-free.

The hinges are nice and free. No binding. I keep them well oiled.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 6:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

If you drill a small hole at either end of the crack before you grind it out and weld it will decrease the chances of it coming back just beyond the weld area.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 12, 2021 10:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

Welcome to the club. These cracks and rust in the wetter parts of the country are very common. I had rectangular doublers welded in to strengthen that area. But mine were both cracked and rusted. The doublers make it MUCH stronger, but are for working trucks, not showpieces.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 8:35 am    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

Looks more like fatigue from stiff hinges opposed to rust, you'll find out as soon as you pull the trigger on the welder, it'll either weld up nice, or blow a giant hole in it.
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PostPosted: Sun Jun 13, 2021 9:42 am    Post subject: Re: Gate cracking around hinge Reply with quote

See the bolts, on either side of the bottom hinges, on our '60 SC? That was my fix, for the same problem, as yours - bolts work well - been that way for over 20 years - welding would be better, BUT I don't weld - z
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