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Can my Yamaha's cracked titanium pipe be gas welded?

I have a Yamaha yz 450f. My header has a crack in it. it is titanium. Can this pipe be gas welded?

Kevin Smith
motorcycles - Dayton, Nevada, USA
August 19, 2011

Tig welding must be OK.Hope it helps and good luck!

Goran Budija
- Cerovski vrh Croatia
First of two simultaneous responses -- August 23, 2011

Don't know what you mean by gas welding. Titanium is generally GTAW (TIG argon) welded. G. Marrufo

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
Second of two simultaneous responses -- August 23, 2011

Titanium is usually welded with Tig process. Special precautions are used above normal for TIG. Inside may have to be purged with argon. Outside may have to use a trailing gas nozzle or you may have to weld it in a sealed and purged "glove box" . Also sensitive to overheating I understand.

Tim

Tim Bandy
- Orlando, Florida, USA
November 1, 2011

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