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It was probably cracked and they did nothing to stop the crack... just welded over the top of it... a common problem.
Grind the old welds off and find the crack... drill a small hole at either end of the crack, grind a V down the length of the crack, and then weld it.

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Good advice, I remember that from Formula SAE days...crack propogation is a b!tch!

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i heard a joke about that hole at the end of the crack, but i better not tell it here https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/no.gifdoc

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