Here’s how I replace the cookbox bolt cross member.
I carefully cut just short of the welds on the top and bottoms. Then angle the Final Cut to leave a short little stub. Then I cut at about a 45 on each side and the remaining falls right off since there’s nothing left to hold it on, or you can fold it back and forth with a pliers and it pops off. Then a quick grind of the welds on the top, and a little clean up in the bottom welds.
That remaining lower edge on the weld gives you an extra set of hands, a couple quick hits with the cut off wheel and it’s ready to tend to the bare metal, and weld. I use a weld thru primer called copper weld. What I like about it is you can wipe it right off areas after welding but it will help protect the metal that you can’t get paint on.
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