All Aluminum products have some magnesium in it. TO much and it would burn, but not the transaxle. I've done extensive welding on then. not a problem. Eric David Brodbeck wrote: >On Wednesday 14 January 2004 10:54 pm, Herr Wibo Fichten wrote: > > >>Anybody know if you can weld aluminium (to add some metal, essentialy, >>rather than to join two parts). Would this be at the risk of warping the >>housing? >> >> > >Be careful. It wouldn't surprise me if, like the old Beetle transmissions, >this case was actually a magnesium alloy. It may burn if you try to weld it. > > > > |
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