Originally Posted by
gargamel
Follow-up: Where should I go to get this kind of work done? I'm guessing most bike shops aren't set up for this sort of thing, right? I called a few auto repair shops in my area and they seemed sort of confused and unsure if they'd be able to do it.
Look in the yellow pages under welding. There are welding shops everywhere and those guys are usually the real pro's owner operators in small shops sometimes equal small bills also. Or yahoo local.