Quote:


As I read this I be thinkin' ,"Hmm, JB Weld? as preemptive meassure does make sense.
And you can usually reuse the main gasket at least once if you are careful in disassembly and have a razor blade handy.


I wasn't really thiking of JB weld as the preventive measure, but now that you mention it that stuff is pretty strong. My snow blower threw a rod a while back and I fixed the large hole in the block with JB Weld, been running ever since.
I'll probably go with a steel ring shrunk over the casting instead.


We've used Devcon Plastic Steel or Aluminum (basically the same stuff)at our minesite as a last resort for years. The epoxy mixed with the steel or aluminum ends up being extremely strong and can be machined. We once had the housing break (6 inch hole) on a Clark transmission on a loader (ran over a rock). Plugged the hole up with Devcon and a flattened pop can. Ran that way for several years. You can drill it and tap it for fasteners also. We've used it to fill in some oversize bores on some boom pins/bushing sets when a machinist wasn't available. Held up fine. We still prefer to weld and bore out all pin/bushing setups, but sometimes.... Good stuff.

12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750