[mitsuman03]

Whos the genius that welded the other plate? I think I personally have covered this about 1000 times over and over again in about 20 different threads. If you intend on doing the entire plate, try to apply as LESS heat as possible..(aka all the welding) around the bearing casings. N2M welding in between the bearing case and the shaft bearing is completely pointless and useless, the two supports between there are plenty strong enough, if anything that made it worse then better buy pulling material away from the stack supports and grinding down all the supports in between..A slight bit of warping to any of those bearing cases will cause sever wear tear and some shit shifting over a short period of time....and possible vibration. Id be scared shit less knowing there was that much heat applied to that one with the plate (Even twisting of the bell housing is a possibility now that the 3 stock supports from the mold were grinned off). The less material taking off, the better, the more to weld/support too.......