jb-weld on the carb?

[olds97_lss]

I just jb-welded the carb onto my Omega 21 comp. I had modified an OS carb to mill the carb neck down a couple mm so it would fit. Over time, the carb neck got a crack in it and I'm affraid to tighten it to keep it on since tightening it will crack it more.

So, I bent the crack out a little bit, cleaned everything completely with RA, let it dry, roughed it up with sand paper and smeared jb-weld all over the neck. Just a nice thin coat. I also took off the rubber o-ring that is typically right at the base of the neck so I could get a good tight fit between the carb body and crank case.

I'm just curious if anyone else has tried this. I've used jb-weld here and there. It sticks better to roughed up aluminum than it does plastic, but that's about all I know about it.

The website says it's good up to 500F, will bond to aluminum and is impervious to water, chemicals, gasoline and acids. I used the normal overnight stuff as the kwik weld doesn't hold up against high temps.

 

[FastEddy]

Sounds like a Ghetto Rig to me. Beats trashing the mill i guess. Interesting product usage, let us know how it holds up.

I'm more interested in this RA your using. Is it a new product or did you drink a little DA and are suffering from a downward alphabetical spiral?

 

[olds97_lss]

Ghetto it is. I'm out of patience and ... patience. The omega ran like crap originally. I put 2 gallons through it and it never ran right. Which is why I modified an OS carb to fit. Then it screamed, tuned easily and had tons of power. I'm on gallon 7 and it still is a screamer. I have another piston/sleeve for the omega, so I'm trying to get the carb working right. I don't want to have to go back to the original carb... if I still have it.

RA - rubbing alcohol.
DA - denatured alcohol

DA is different from RA isn't it? I think RA has water in it. But I'm to lazy to pick up some DA.

 

[jmarzilli]

Just don't use loctite! :hammer:

 

[Rook]

well when duct tape fails jb-weld should work

 

[SMaxxin]

This is kinda funny...My carb on my S Maxx just stripped where the hsn screws in so I jb welded it in there lol. I ordered a new one but I was hoping I could use this one until it got here. I'll find out later today if it works.

 

[.21Rc10GT]

Yeah olds, that does sound like ur ghetto riggin it. But, if it works, thats awesome! Lets us know how it goes!