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Load your guns/keyboard. Here is one for you.
On Jul 19, 2:02 am, "Harold and Susan Vordos" wrote:
"Steve Walker" wrote in message ... b wrote: I have a Toro weed whacker or whatever you wish to call it. I know what I have called it. Anyway, this thing labeled Brush Cutter but whacks weeds, has a broken flexible shaft. Aside from not knowing how to get this shaft loose from the pull-start/clutch/engine, I have been thinking of welding it where it broke, then, I wouldn't have to remove it. The cable/shaft is spirally wound and costs like crazy. It won't bend at the welded joint I can just see all of the individual wires that make up this cable, melting into a glob when I attempt to weld it. If I am successful I won't have to remove the cable/shaft and besides, it doesn't need a sharp radius in which to bend. Question: Has anyone ever done this? Thanks be Crimp some close fitting tube (steel, copper, etc.) over the break, and braze it together. Anything to do with heat is highly unlikely to be successful. The cable most certainly is heat treated-----and will be annealed by the lowest of temperatures-----well below brazing range. If a crimp works, that's the best shot you have at fixing the broken cable, but it has likely failed from fatigue, so other areas won't be far behind. It's the American way, eh? Sell something that almost works, then sell them again and again. The suckers (consumers) won't know the difference. We should be ashamed of ourselves here in the States----able to build good quality, but we don't. Not anymore. Harold- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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