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Damaged Scroll Plate, Fix It Or Scrap It?
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A true Bubba would never use JB weld!Bubba says a little duct tape and some JB weld it will be good as new.
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Once I used JB Weld to do a thread repair on an aluminum motorcycle valve cover. I read a tip online about coating the screw in a thin layer of grease to keep it from binding to the epoxy. It was an unusual size banjo bolt for the oil feed line, so there was no helicoil-type insert available.some JB weld it will be good as new.
A tiny bit of epoxy made it into the oil feed hole and I starved the engine of oil. But I didn't know until I finished my rebuild days later, around 1:00 am. I couldn't wait, as I hadn't had the bike together in months. I fired it up, put my gear on, and rode out into the night.
For about 2 miles. Eventually the assembly lube proved insufficient and the engine siezed. And I got to push my 600 pound bike home for two miles, in July, in my full gear.
I haven't used that stuff much since then. Kind of left a bad taste in my mouth.
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Yeah, he would burn up a $100 worth of rod to fix it!