ash_hammond
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 04:34 PM |
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HELP! Broken Dellorto
Guys,
About 30 minutes ago my world seem to crash!
I was fitting my new dellorto carbs, when i heard a crack from underneath. One of the carbs cracked where the studs fit.
Is a clean break, never the less it cracked clean off and now impossible to fit.
Does anyone think with the aid of a specialist welder this could be made good again? or it is time to give the insurance company a call and claim on
my builders ins.
Regards
Ash
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SeaBass
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 04:57 PM |
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Ouch.. I think carbs are an alloy of aluminium & zinc maybe as they are diecast. I've seen demos of Lumiweld etc repairing carb lugs before.
Might be worth a try.
Frost Restoration Products stock it - you'll need a blowtorch though.
http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=8823
[Edited on 7/10/06 by SeaBass]
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ch1ll1
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 06:22 PM |
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i feel for you.
sorry to here that
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ash_hammond
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:11 PM |
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I think my plan is as follows,
i have spoken to a friend who is a welder by trade and he says that it looks like a zinc cast and could be welded but it would not be very clever.
Having heard this news i am going to see if i can buy a body from a reseller and transfer all the rest of the bits over. Or from ebay.
All i can say is... I am gutted, seems like a big kick in the bo11ocks
Cheers
Ash
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zetec7
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:11 PM |
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I had a Weber 40 DCOE once with exactly the same problem - an aluminium welder fixed it for me, and it worked a treat..good as new.
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ash_hammond
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:14 PM |
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I know this is a bit of a finger in the air question but... how much did it cost to get it welded?
ash
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/10/06 at 07:39 PM |
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Try some silver solder or http://www.welduk.com/Details.asp?ProductID=279 . We used Lumiweld to fix a lug on a bike frame and it worked.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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