sanford schulwolf wrote: > I was working in my friends shop last week - he is a > top vw syncro guy in SF and saw him working on the > exact problem. What he did ( stay with me as I don't > know all of the proper terms) was cut a tubular piece > of some type of Metal , on one side he welded a lage > bold head. Next he cut a 4mm (about) section out of > the tube- length wise, through, about a 1/4 of the > tube. (whole tube was seated from the base of the > broken stud to the original length) ........ He then > welded this tube to the broken stud and simply > unscrewed it. That is an intriguing description, but for the life of me I can't envision it. Can you draw a picture and post it somewhere for the list, or just e-mail me a copy. Thnaks, John Rodgers 88 GL Driver |
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