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Shower head repair
"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 |
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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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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 ======== Thanks for the feedback. I always like to hear "the rest of the story." 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). |
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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 ======== 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). |
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