Re: Broken "Easy Out"

[bearbvd@domain.elided (Greg Hermann)]

At 1:10 PM 2/11/00, Simon Favre wrote:
>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?

Of course it would be easier --and I do expect a MIG would be the welder of
choice for the job! :-)

Gotta always remember to blow horn before backing into the middle of a thread---

Greg
>
>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

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