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Brand new Lincoln Electric Power MIG 180C, just out of the box. Has a wobbly, off set drive motor/gear.

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  • some explanation of WHERE this round thing is and what function it's supposed to perform would help a *lot*. are we looking at one of the wire feed rolls? if so, I can't see the other one, or even where the other one would BE mounted ...

    ok, so it's a bit noisy, and wobbly some. my guess is at LEAST the geartrain of your welder is made in china. HOWEVER, does the machine weld OK with it like is is NOW? or, what problem is the wobble CAUSING exactly? movie's a bit vague on specifics...

  • @hardwares1 The wire tension was inconsistent, the wire feed speed was inconsistent, and the wire would slip out of the groves. It was a faulty $900 piece so shit. Should have gone with a millermatic. If you want one hell of a welder though, you would be smart to go with an esab.

  • Opps! Sorry to see it. I trust they are going to make it right?

    John

  • Absolutely, i took it back that day, got a new one, but still had the same issue. So, i had them replace the entire drive motor/gears. its not supposed to make hardly any noise, and it sure as hell isin't supposed to wobble!!

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  • I have a very old lincoln welder and it works like new! when you mass produce sometimes things slip by,over all lincoln makes some of the best equip. in the world.

  • I tried one of these lincoln machines and it was garbage as well. I took it back exchanged it and the replacement didn't even power up. so I got my money back and bought a chinese harbor freight equivelent for a small fraction of the price and it has worked flawlessly for over a year of heavy use. come on USA I know we can do better than this.

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  • Lovely!

    The larger Lincolns are excellent, but that..thing...isn't impressive.

    Weirdly, the SMALLER cheap SP Lincolns seem to last a very long time too.

  • could be they gota a bad bactch even happens to miller , dont blame the name blame the jerks that assembled it

  • made in china asembled in mexico.. nothing good is made in america or anywhere else for that matter

  • Lincoln made in China.

  • sound like a personal problem

  • gotta agree with zorack10 and fredi mate u jst got the luck o tha draw, lincoln are the best welders out there man had mine for a bit now and had absolutley no troubles

  • Lincoln says it all.. buy a Miller

  • Bought myself a Millermatic 140 for Christmas,fired it up yesterday for the first time in spite of the bad weather no problems there :) Sometimes you will get a bad batch,it's just the luck of the draw.

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