vette427sbc
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One of my headlight support brackets is broken pretty bad... Just curious if these are weldable aluminum or pot metal and not salvageable
It's some kind of crappy aluminum. I welded a couple but it takes a lot of grinding and weld passes for a sturdy fix. It's very contaminated and will make an ugly weld
It's some kind of crappy aluminum. I welded a couple but it takes a lot of grinding and weld passes for a sturdy fix. It's very contaminated and will make an ugly weld
Damn... No wonder people want crazy money for non broken ones... Thanks for the info :thumbs:
Hey guys show me a picture of the diecast item. If there is enough interest to break even I'll build the tooling and sell you a good alum. casting.
Sent it out to a good local welder/fabricator (guy that did my cage) He confirmed that it was certainly not a very "clean" aluminum but he was able to get some decent welds. He did 2 or 3 passes on each section. $50 is better than the $200+ for another used one!
Any guess on how much that piece weighs?
Any guess on how much that piece weighs?
Light enough to not bother messing with it... Everyone has always made it seem like these things are boat anchors. They are actually rather light. I crossed them off my list of "parts to make lighter" because A) they are already weak, so speed holes werent an option, and B) Im not sure what other material you could make these out of that would be lighter with similar strength. Carbon Fiber maybe??
My guess is they weigh 3 lbs each.