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[silicon212]

Sorry, I may use duck tape, bailing wire and chewing gum, but I REFUSE to use JB Weld!

The SeaFoam on the other hand ...

[PeteA216]

Wait, okay.... first off I've got a comment for this whole thread. This is a perfect example of someone who knows exactly what they're doing. This thread isn't one of those "...it does this..." "...what is it?..." "...How do I fix it cheap and easy..." "...I think it's this even though everyone tells me different..." Congratulations on such a finely tuned engine too... I really mean that, after so many miles with the cylinder walls in such good shape, thats something to be proud of. And now on to my "...why do you think that?..." question.

Whats wrong with JB Weld? I still have yet to use it (on my custom chainsaw engine R/C car project by the way) but I've heard nothing but good things about it from people who've used it.

[silicon212]

Originally Posted by PeteA216

Wait, okay.... first off I've got a comment for this whole thread. This is a perfect example of someone who knows exactly what they're doing. This thread isn't one of those "...it does this..." "...what is it?..." "...How do I fix it cheap and easy..." "...I think it's this even though everyone tells me different..." Congratulations on such a finely tuned engine too... I really mean that, after so many miles with the cylinder walls in such good shape, thats something to be proud of. And now on to my "...why do you think that?..." question.

Whats wrong with JB Weld? I still have yet to use it (on my custom chainsaw engine R/C car project by the way) but I've heard nothing but good things about it from people who've used it.

Nothing's wrong with JB Weld, I was making a 'funny'. I actually use it a lot. It's saved my bacon more than once.

[PeteA216]

Oh okay, so you can be another "testimonial" so to speak. How good is it? Could it hold a cracked cast aluminum flywheel together that will spin at roughly estimated maximum 8000 RPM? I don't want it to burst on me.

Oh and P.S... The SeaFoam comment should have given it away to me that you were joking.

[silicon212]

Originally Posted by PeteA216

Oh okay, so you can be another "testimonial" so to speak. How good is it? Could it hold a cracked cast aluminum flywheel together that will spin at roughly estimated maximum 8000 RPM? I don't want it to burst on me.

Oh and P.S... The SeaFoam comment should have given it away to me that you were joking.

I would not use JB Weld on a flywheel. It's great stuff but it's still a two-part epoxy and I wouldn't want to use it on something that's going to see some serious centrifugal force such as a flywheel, even spinning at 800 RPM, let alone 8000 RPM.

I've used it for repairing carburetor castings, aluminum intake manifolds (which have sprung leaks due to corrosion in the water passages), that sort of thing.