Welding Aluminum

→ Wear personal protective gear.

→ Disconnect both battery terminals.

→ Do not weld in a damp area or when it is wet under foot.

→ Move highly inflammable materials out of the work area. Vertilate the work area well.

→ Remove smoke gases with an extraction system.

→ Read specific safety information for the welder.

→ Check that welder is working perfectly before use.

• Metal inert gas (MIG) welding is used for welding thin aluminum panels.
• Argon is used as the inert gas.
• The welder used is the welder WE 1784  .
• The welding wire used is aluminum welding wire WE 1796  or aluminum welding wire WE 1797  .

1. Apply test welds to practice panels to make sure you are using the correct welder settings.

   Information:  Make the Sheet Metal insert with a width of about → Width: 60 mm  from the old or spare part.

2. Adapt Sheet Metal insert for welding backing strip to the contour of the repair area.

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   Adapting Sheet Metal insert 

3. Secure Sheet Metal insert to the body with tack-welds.

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   Tack-welding Sheet Metal insert 

4. Grind off tack-welds on Sheet Metal insert.

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   Grinding off tack-welds 

5. Always leave a gap -X-  of → Width: 1 mm  when fitting in the spare part.

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   Fitting in spare part 

6. Grind the welding area down to bare metal.

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   Cleaning welding area 

   Information :  When joining spare parts, welding is always the last step.

7. Weld spare part.

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   Welding spare part 

8. Grind down welded seam.

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   Grinding down welded seam 

9. After painting the repair area, apply cavity preservation on the entire area.

Model year as of 2010