Re: Broken "Easy Out"

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

The original request on this was about 105 rebound strap brackets.
Are they Aluminum or steel? Memory is the second thing to go. ;=)
Would the welding technique be different? Would he be better off
cutting off the brackets and welding new ones on?

Greg Hermann wrote:
> 
...
> EDM is the surest way to go.
> 
> Another approach:
> 
> Someone who KNOWS how and has a good touch can set a hex nut over the stump
> in the hole and use a TIG torch to weld the nut to the stump down through
> the hole in the center of the nut. The shrinkage from the weld will loosen
> the stump a bit by pulling it inward away from the aluminium, With
> practice, if you put a wrench on the welded on nut at just the right stage
> of the cooling process, it breaks loose pretty easily, easy out, stump, and
> all. Lots of WD40 and back and forth are appropriate once the stump has
> moved a fraction of a turn (broken loose).
> 
> I have seen MANY rare motorcycle cases rescued with precisely this technique.
> 
> Greg

------------------------------