Stainless Bulkhead

[Big.Mike]

Has anyone every seen or built a stainless steel bulkhead?

What type of steel is a bulkhead made from?

Cheers,

Mike

[CwazyWabbit]

Have you seen this series one http://ollr.createaforum.com/general-discussion/back-from-holland/

[ballcock]

That looks nicely done. I like the web sites motto "The ONLY place for a coil spring is up Zebedee's arse" Although taking over the nürburgring with Defenders might be a good idea.

[gordonendersby]

I was looking at the Stainless foot wells from yrm on there site the other week.

Is there any advantage attaching stainless foot wells to the standard metal bulkhead?

Gordon

[landroversforever]

I was looking at the Stainless foot wells from yrm on there site the other week.

Is there any advantage attaching stainless foot wells to the standard metal bulkhead?

Gordon

Stops that particular bit rotting

[ejparrott]

How do you weld the stainless footwells to the rusty steel bulkhead then?

[fatbloke]

Superglue or blutack

[Bull Bar Cowboy]

How do you weld the stainless footwells to the rusty steel bulkhead then?

Use 309(L) wire or rods ................

[TheRecklessEngineer]

Welding stainless to normal steel is pretty straight forward. Use the right wire/rods and it's almost easier than steel to steel.

[ejparrott]

Fair enough, I don't get involved with welding stainless normally.

[muddy]

Stainless welds fine with a normal MIG although obviously the weld will rust.

Will.

[Meatslicer]

Can you use stainless welding wire? That would stop the weld rusting, but there would still be a bimetallic joint so it would go eventually.

Thinking aloud here......

Eric

[heath robinson]

It bears saying that stainless and ally/galv don't play we'll together. If you plan on having many galvy bits anywhere near the bulkhead/foot wells then you may in the long run be better off going the galv route. For instance, the stainless bolts in my mate's truck went through various bits of ally and galv, and after barely two years, it was nigh-on impossible to undo them, and there was corrosion around any ally that they touched. You can get a gunk that stops this, I think it's called galvanic inhibitor compound or some such, they use it in the marine industry for exactly this.

Hope that doesn't just cloudy things up!

Jake

[landroversforever]

Not being able to undo the stainless bolts is not corrosion, its down to a thing called Galling. The micro-structure (I think that's the right word) of the material locks against the other bit.