"Bob La Londe" wrote:

P.S. I used JB Weld to patch a damaged hydraulic clutch cylinder once. It
held for 3-4 years until I junked the car. JB Weld is incredibley strong if
all surfaces are properly cleaned and prepared. Where the hose fitting
screwed into the cylinder was stripped. I lined the hole and side of the
fitting with JB Weld and screwed it in, then smeared a little over the
outside just for good measure. No problems with it there after.

I tried to fix an a/c condenser where the crimps that held the coils in the
frame cut into the alumimum tubing. Staticly with 120 psi air on it, it
held 24hrs, as soon as I charged with freon and ran the system for 5 minutes
the bond failed. It is good stuff but it has its limits.

Wes
--
"Additionally as a security officer, I carry a gun to protect
government officials but my life isn't worth protecting at home
in their eyes." Dick Anthony Heller

I fixed it yesterday. The problem was that the method of attaching top
to the bottom was very substandard and the attachment broke in one
point out of four. I drilled and tapped 10-32 holes from four sides
and it will hold up forever. The material is brass.

i

On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:58:56 -0600, Ignoramus13009
wrote:

I fixed it yesterday. The problem was that the method of attaching top
to the bottom was very substandard and the attachment broke in one
point out of four. I drilled and tapped 10-32 holes from four sides
and it will hold up forever. The material is brass.

i
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Thanks for the feedback. I always like to hear "the rest of the
story."
Unka' George [George McDuffee]
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He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).

On 2008-03-27, F George McDuffee wrote:
On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:58:56 -0600, Ignoramus13009
wrote:

I fixed it yesterday. The problem was that the method of attaching top
to the bottom was very substandard and the attachment broke in one
point out of four. I drilled and tapped 10-32 holes from four sides
and it will hold up forever. The material is brass.

i
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Thanks for the feedback. I always like to hear "the rest of the
story."

Thanks.

I think that I want to replace the current brass screws, with
stainless screws, for appearance reasons. I am concerned whether
stainless would somehow react with the brass in a detrimental way,
over the years. Any idea?

i

Unka' George [George McDuffee]
-------------------------------------------
He that will not apply new remedies,
must expect new evils:
for Time is the greatest innovator: and
if Time, of course, alter things to the worse,
and wisdom and counsel shall not alter them to the better,
what shall be the end?

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English philosopher, essayist, statesman.
Essays, "Of Innovations" (1597-1625).