Frame Coating

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Re: Frame Coating

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was worried about that.....................
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Re: Frame Coating

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when i get my yoke and triple clamps I will give it a few smacks to see what happens....wish my neighbor had a welder.......
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Re: Frame Coating

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..its a small job to grind that back and weld on a new piece

I see Harbor freight do some basic 'mig' welders ( no-gas flux wire) for about 200 USD
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Re: Frame Coating

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the glue job!!!!!
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Re: Frame Coating

Post by jabcb »

That would make me nervous. I took the GT550 frame to a bike shop & had them weld the stop on. Was a cheap repair.

If I did that, it would snap off, get jammed under the other half, make the steering inoperable, and cause a bad crash.
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Re: Frame Coating

Post by dollydog »

gring the old half off, make a new one out of some scrap steel [or a scrap frame], and get it welded on. grind the excess weld off and send her off to powdercoating. don't, under any circumstances trust jb weld on a job like that, false economy and possibly, as has been noted, dangerous :cry:
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Re: Frame Coating

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You guys are making sense and making me nervous!!! Going to get it welded once I can get out of the house post Corona virus.
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Re: Frame Coating

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get a 1lb hammer and give it a few sharp taps..
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Re: Frame Coating

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Put a yoke in and gave it a few hard taps.....piece flew off...so much for the JB Weld solution!!!!
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Re: Frame Coating

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grumpy56 wrote:Put a yoke in and gave it a few hard taps.....piece flew off...so much for the JB Weld solution!!!!
Good. Better to learn now than later..
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Re: Frame Coating

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Boy that is the truth. After powder coating or on the road!!!!
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