I don't know if it makes that much difference, but J.B. doesn't heat the spring like a MIG will.....
~ ~This is substantially what I have just done, except that there was no ~JB about the welding. I would never expect the repair to hold if the ~spring was merely welded back together. The key is the splint. ~ ~But we'll see how long it holds up. The SDL gets driven a lot and ~we're planning to keep it indefinitely. I can feel the repair from ~below, so I can keep tabs on it. ~ ~-- Jim ~ ~ -- Luther KB5QHU Alma, Ark '83 300SD (231,xxx kmi) '82 300CD (159,222 kmi) '82 300D (74,000 kmi) needs MAJOR work