Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2013 19:34:29 -0500
Reply-To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject: Re: throttle body rebuild
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Thanks s for the correction & I understand now.
I reacted because I've been around long enough to see JB Weld used in some
pretty dumb places. The last "dumb place" I saw JB Weld was an attempt to
repair a cracked lawnmower deck. My youngest brother tried then he got upset
because the tubes were labeled "steel" and "hardener" & he really did expect
the marketing hype to hold true!
JB Weld is a great void filler and a great adhesive providing you don't put
it anywhere depending on its strength.
Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Jim Felder
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2013 7:26 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: throttle body rebuild
"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=produc
> >> t/ 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
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