Aluminum filler/welding rod?
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Aluminum filler/welding rod?
I'm having a hard time finding it on here, but a few months ago, I saw a discussion about a new kind of aluminum rod you could use to fill in stripped holes and such. I can't find that thread now and didn't book mark it. The rod acted like solder, but was supposed to be strong like aluminum. I have a cam gear cover on our "ole farm tractor" that my father managed to strip, drill larger, tap, and strip AGAIN. I now need to fix it before putting the thing back together.
Ideas? My search skills are failing.
Ideas? My search skills are failing.
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I tried them... didn't work worth a ****. It stuck the parts together, so in that aspect it worked great, but it's difficult to work with. You have to get the surface up to temperature and the melt the rods into the surface, otherwise they just crack and it won't bond. Even with MAPP gas, it's difficult to get pieces of any appreciable size up to temperature. Aluminum just sucks the heat away so fast and cools off really quickly. I even went as far as putting the piece in the oven and got it up to about 400* before I took it out and took the MAPP torch to it and it was still really difficult to get the stuff to melt. And then on top of all of that, when it does melt, it's like water and is very difficult to work into the correct place.
#7
I tried them... didn't work worth a ****. It stuck the parts together, so in that aspect it worked great, but it's difficult to work with. You have to get the surface up to temperature and the melt the rods into the surface, otherwise they just crack and it won't bond. Even with MAPP gas, it's difficult to get pieces of any appreciable size up to temperature. Aluminum just sucks the heat away so fast and cools off really quickly. I even went as far as putting the piece in the oven and got it up to about 400* before I took it out and took the MAPP torch to it and it was still really difficult to get the stuff to melt. And then on top of all of that, when it does melt, it's like water and is very difficult to work into the correct place.
edit: I also used a stainless steel wire wheel on a hand grinder to clean that ****
#8
lulz did you bother to clean it? Worked great for my lexus's cracked intake mani after I doctored the crap out of the crack... full on drill holes at both ends of the crack (winning), taking a dremel and beveling into the crack half way (winning), and taking that HTS rod with a MAPP torch (bi-winning)
edit: I also used a stainless steel wire wheel on a hand grinder to clean that ****
edit: I also used a stainless steel wire wheel on a hand grinder to clean that ****
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