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Anybody tried glueing cast aluminum parts together with epoxy?
Your simplest solution would be to grind a moderate bevel on the loose
piece, get it welded to the extent possible, and then caulk the whole seam with 5200. Don't go hi tech. - Bill wrote in message ... My outboard, 20hp Honda, jumped off my transom yesterday and hit the pavement at 20-25mph. No critical damage but knocked a gapping hole, the size of a golf ball, in the cast aluminum lower pan, the one below the power head, next to the tiller handle. Fortunately, I have the knocked out piece and it fits back in the hole perfectly. My first thought was to have it tig welded. But it's in a really tight place and I doubt I'd get a good weld without removing the pan which means taking the whole power head off. I could tack weld it but that'd leave a crack that could leak splashing water, not to mention look kinda bad (as if it doesn't look bad enough). So now I'm thinking about just using epoxy to glue it in. Mind you, it doesn't need to be terribly strong. On the other hand, I don't want it to fall out by just jostling either. Anybody ever tried epoxy to glue cast aluminum parts back together? How well will it hold? And for how long? Thanks in advance, Phantman |