Originally Posted by
gugie
QUOTE=unterhausen;21590823]...
I agree that almost all brazed on bit failures are due to incomplete penetration, leaving a stress riser.

My '73 Competition. Brazed on bits being the DT shifter stop (I saw the lack of braze underneath and had further investigation done) and bits like the main tubes to the corresponding lugs. Little stuff like that. Dave Levy worked in braze like it was a freshly jigged frame. Also found a couple of cracked tubes - at the lugs. Said the paint held it together.