Ali
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Evening gents.
Wondering how you’d go about fixing this.
It needs to be oil tight, and there are various gashes in it, where an unwieldy chain has had its wicked way.
It’s been repaired in the past, looks like MIG
Also some sealer on the inside, in the area of the above weld - if I do this again I’d need to be sure it’s not going to part ways ever, as getting anything lodged in internal oilways wouldn’t be good. Some sort of fuel / oil resistant sealer? May not even need any further repair. Definitely not silicone though.
I’d like to keep it tidy, but wouldn’t object to brazing it. It’s a motorcycle part that has some value to it, and would be a pain to replace so don’t want to stuff it up.
As it’s chromed I don’t want to have to remove much to weld it, but it wouldn’t take much. No problem to remove chrome on the inside.
Have MIG, AC/DC tig, small propane torch. TIG brazing occurred to me, but I’ve never tried it, and would prefer it to flow and blend in as it would with flux, if I had the heat to braze it the traditional way. (Haven’t done that since I was in school, but I was OK at it - better than the teacher anyway.)
Ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Wondering how you’d go about fixing this.
It needs to be oil tight, and there are various gashes in it, where an unwieldy chain has had its wicked way.
It’s been repaired in the past, looks like MIG
Also some sealer on the inside, in the area of the above weld - if I do this again I’d need to be sure it’s not going to part ways ever, as getting anything lodged in internal oilways wouldn’t be good. Some sort of fuel / oil resistant sealer? May not even need any further repair. Definitely not silicone though.
I’d like to keep it tidy, but wouldn’t object to brazing it. It’s a motorcycle part that has some value to it, and would be a pain to replace so don’t want to stuff it up.
As it’s chromed I don’t want to have to remove much to weld it, but it wouldn’t take much. No problem to remove chrome on the inside.
Have MIG, AC/DC tig, small propane torch. TIG brazing occurred to me, but I’ve never tried it, and would prefer it to flow and blend in as it would with flux, if I had the heat to braze it the traditional way. (Haven’t done that since I was in school, but I was OK at it - better than the teacher anyway.)
Ideas?
Thanks in advance.