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Date:         Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:25:38 -0500
Reply-To:     Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: throttle body rebuild
Comments: To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net>
In-Reply-To:  <038501ce9d3a$0adc3230$20949690$@hiwaay.net>
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"Filling with JB Weld is probably the worse way to repair one of these. JB Weld is epoxy & will wear through much faster than the original aluminum housing & the hole will be back to where it was after not too many miles have passed"

I think the original post concerned not the wear around the shaft, which would be taken up by the shim mentioned, but the groove in the housing that the butterfly wears in it as the shaft wears and allows contact. With a good shim to fill the worn area around the shaft, the butterfly should no longer be able to touch the housing, so it shouldn't matter what the groove in the housing is filled with as long at the shim fits the housing as it should.

Jim

On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 7:13 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> Filling with JB Weld is probably the worse way to repair one of these. JB > Weld is epoxy & will wear through much faster than the original aluminum > housing & the hole will be back to where it was after not too many miles > have passed. > > The only effective way to repair a worn pivot is to machine the hole larger > & press in a bearing or bushing or plate the hole down with palladium & > re-cutting to size. Both repairs require at least an end mill & a fixture > to > properly locate the center & alignment of the holes. > > Thanks, Tom Hargrave > www.kegkits.com > www.stir-plate.com > www.towercooler.com > www.grow-sun.com > www.raspberryproject.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of > Frank Condelli > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 12:30 PM > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Re: throttle body rebuild > > No, I fill it in with JB Weld. > > > On 2013-08-19, at 9:31 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > So you machine out the wear in the tb body caused by the butterfly? > > > > Alistair > > > > > > On 2013-08-19, at 2:45 AM, Frank Condelli <RAlanen@AOL.COM> wrote: > > > >> See here: > >> <http://www.frankcondelli.com/staging1/store/index.php?route=product/ > >> product&path=61_125&product_id=1003> > >> > >> > >> On 2013-08-15, at 12:33 PM, Automatic digest processor > <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > >> > >>> Does anyone have any > >>> experience with this product or know of any better options? > > > > Cheers, > > Frank Condelli > Almonte, Ontario, Canada > '87 VW Westy, '00 Kawasaki 250 Sherpa, "98 Ducati 750 Monster & Lionel > Trains (Collection for sale) Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon > Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley BusFusion a VW Camper camping event, > Almonte, ON, June 06 ~ 09, 2013 >


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