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| | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 321 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 321 | had a charging issue so i decided to go through the system to diagnose the problem. in the process of re-installing the generator, it slipped and fell to the ground. when i picked it up, the casting on the back side had broken off at the mounting point. needless to say there were a few choice words that echoed through the neighborhood.
is it worth trying to "weld" the piece back on or find a donor part or just replace the unit entirely?
any and all opinions are welcome... | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | I would just replace it unless you plan on dropping it again.............just kidding.....
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 408 | I have done almost the same thing I Tigthened mine too much and broke the housing. i got a donor part but felt like an idiot | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | P.J.
I did the exact same thing. Yep, I felt like an idiot. Especially when I'd just gotten it out of the generator rebuilding shop that morning.
Sure looked foolish taking it back first thing the next morning. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 71 | It can be successfully welded with a nickel-based rod if you don't have a replacement part. | | |
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