Cylinder repair

[squeelsonwheels]

I want to weld this so it doesn’t break off. I have a stick welder. Can I make it work?

 

[Dub11]

Yes.

 

[drf256]

Hmmm.

 

[paragonbuilder]

Yes.

Any tips?

 

[Dub11]

Any tips?

Make sure you get it hot and have the welder turned up as high as it will go. Maybe be even fill in between the fins for reinforcement.

 

[paragonbuilder]

Make sure you get it hot and have the welder turned up as high as it will go. Maybe be even fill in between the fins for reinforcement.

Didn’t think a stick welder would weld aluminum. He will probably ruin it. No?

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Yeah... I'm curious as to the type of aluminum stick welder that will be used.

 

[Steve Taylor]

They make rod for aluminum but I have never tried it on cast before. Fixed a few boat trailers is all I have done with it.
Don't know if you can get it clean enough?

 

[Wagnerwerks]

Ac I guess?

 

[Dub11]

Didn’t think a stick welder would weld aluminum. He will probably ruin it. No?

Here is a video rite from the interwebz

So it has to be true.

 

[old guy]

A stick will weld alum. but if you do not know how do not try it, have someone tig it for you.

 

[Deets066]

 

[ny15]

I’ve watched aluminum be stick welded before. It’s smoky and hard to see the puddle. The guy I watched said you have to move fast and it’s much easier to do vertically. I’d practice a bit before attempting and use a heat sink

 

[Lightning Performance]

Leave it alone. It's cracked into a round hole. It will never go anywhere.

 

[squeelsonwheels]

Will this work as rod?

I picked it up at Home Depot.

 

[Dub11]

Or just go ahead and bust all them fins off. All I've seen them do is trap crap anyways.

 

[Wagnerwerks]

That's a great point. I have a crack on my phone and it looked like the whole fin was busted off. Lol

 

[Lightning Performance]

That's a great point. I have a crack on my phone and it looked like the whole fin was busted off. Lol

Crack heads

 

[squeelsonwheels]

Or just go ahead and bust all them fins off. All I've seen them do is trap crap anyways.

After I learn I’m gonna fix this one

 

[Canadian farm boy]

Might as well mill the whole head off and use it for a race saw build