rappy1

Active Member

• Jan 28, 2012

• #1

Anyone have a home made way of attaching panels that previosly been spot welded on? The item in question is the right rear panel that has these spot welds to join to the tub wheel arch? Do you have to convert to rivets?

 

Hamsterberg

Well-Known Member

• Jan 28, 2012

• #2

Panel bond or sikoflex
a line of either where the spot were and rivet were riveted

 

Dr_evil

Banned

• Jan 28, 2012

• #3

araldite

 

livers

Well-Known Member

• Jan 28, 2012

• #4

Halfords | Halfords Assorted Hex Head Self Drill Screws

 

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TRXnMe

Active Member

• Jan 28, 2012

• #5

Araldite definitely appears to be the way to go.

Make sure you rough up the surface first, or if possible acid etch it to shift as much aluminium oxide as possible, then glue the things together

 

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Cogswell&Harrison

New Member

• Jan 29, 2012

• #6

Plug weld,,,,, MIG or TIG

 

waldershelf

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• Jan 29, 2012

• #7

Cogswell&Harrison said:

Plug weld,,,,, MIG or TIG

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If you have a mig welder then plug welding is deffinitely an option.
My one and only experience of mig welding aluminium was to repair a motorcycle crankcase, turned out very well, not as difficult as I had been led to believe. Just get the correct wire and a little bottle of the correct gas and give it a go.

 

protactor

New Member

• Jan 29, 2012

• #8

Tiger seal. Just glue the fecker.

 

jamesmartin

Well-Known Member

• Jan 29, 2012

• #9

rivets is usual thing to do,its easy and if painted dont loook bad

 

pressbrake

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• Jan 29, 2012

• #10

Cogswell&Harrison said:

Plug weld,,,,, MIG or TIG

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Trying to plug weld alloy with a mig is not a good idea unless you pre heat and use a high end mig.
Tig welding is good though it can make the heat effected zone brittle as well.
Id go with hamsterburg and use sika flex, friend of auto body repairers everywhere

 

Pikey

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• Jan 29, 2012

• #11

Try this **** It's awesome..


http://www.everbuild.co.uk/images/pdf/extra/Puraflex-40-Technical-Data-Sheet.pdf

 

khaos

New Member

• Jan 29, 2012

• #12

I'd be saying plug weld too. Very simple.
Drill holes in the top piece and then fill the hole onto the back piece. This give the same effect as spot welding. You can get a 1kg roll of ally wire for a fiver or summot.