JB Weld is Awesome

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I was changing the oil on the bike yesterday; when I went to spin off the oil cap, it broke into three pieces in my hand. Fortunately it was the cap part that broke, and not the threads. I've never seen that happen before, and it's actually the first thing that's ever broken on the S10 in 60,000 miles. I ordered a new one on line, but I have to be able to ride on Monday and the new one wont be here in time, so out came the JB Weld and a trip to the scrap aluminum box. I pieced the cap back together with Loctite super glue, just to hold everything together. Then I made a couple reinforcing brackets out of 1/16" angle aluminum; these were glued over the top and the finger grip part of the original cap with JB Weld. Once that was dry I filed and sanded down the JB Weld and aluminum, and then wrapped a piece of .080 ABS plastic around the circumference of the cap to tie it all together, and this was attached with the super glue and some Zip Kicker (a super glue accelerator). A little more sanding, and it was done and back in the bike.

The finished cap....




....and how it looks in the bike.




When you see it in person, it looks like it's made of chrome. Reminds me of my Harley days, although this "chrome" oil cap didn't cost forty bucks.
 

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Oh man, I thought I smelled something delicious when I went outside a little while ago....that awesome smell of ribs drifted east over Charlotte and made its way all the way to the Sandhills!

How much did that rack weigh? I might give that a try myself (or rather, my girlfriend might; pressure cookers are more her bailiwick). And LOL, I lived around the Amish for years, and I never knew they had BBQ sauce. Those cagey devils must have been keeping that a secret!

I'll probably replace the cap I fixed with the new one, and keep the old one in my spares box.
 

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That’s what I was proud of today. 28 minutes in the pressure cooker in cinnamon spiced apple cider, sea salt, garlic, and pepper. Then 15 minutes on the grill with homemade Amish bq sauce. mesquite wood chips on the grill. Fall off the bone heaven. In my top three. And I did not use my smoker and took less than an hour. Oh YEA!!!!!!
Hey, there's a food porn thread for that stuff! Don't cause a forum outage from all the saliva dripping on keyboards! ;)
 
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Hey, there's a food porn thread for that stuff! Don't cause a forum outage from all the saliva dripping on keyboards! ;)
Troll alert!! Please gentleman, trolling on this forum will not be tolerated. The topic is JB Weld. Not greasy heart popper foods!!!
 

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I am laughing my ass off. In less than 10 minutes this thread went from a very well done oil cap....to a very well done rack of ribs. o_O The very definition of Attention Deficit Disorder. :D
 

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Been watching some YouTube’s on glue. Jb weld is good stuff. When you used the supper glue. Did you use an accelerator spray to speed up the drying, wood workers are using that stuff. Baking soda will work in a pinch. I order some supper glue and accelerant spray coincidently a few days ago.

I have learned not stock pile glue and duck tape. It has a limited self life.
Yes...the Zip kicker sets the glue instantly. I've used baking soda in the past, but I've found that a small spray bottle full of Zip Kicker (like the kind of bottle they keep eyeglass cleaner solution in) works really well. I've also found the the glue can be sanded down immediately, and it leaves a really nice smooth finish after sanding when you use an accelerator. The downside is the accelerator really stinks, and if you use it in the house, the smell can linger.

Yeah, super glue can be a pain to keep. Moisture is the enemy; the glue absorbs it, and then starts to harden. I've extended the life of the glue by keeping the bottle in a plastic zip lock baggie and sucking all the air out of the bag before I seal it.
 

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Fennlig Reminds me of a friend of mine when we were about 13. He was smoking behind the barn. I told him he shouldn't be smoking. He said "anybody can quit smoking. It takes a man to stand up to cancer."
 

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I used JB weld to reconstruct a Yamaha speedometer magnet while I waited for the new one to come. The jb one is still in the bike 6000 miles later. The new one is sitting on a shelf somewhere in my garage.
 

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View attachment 57757View attachment 57757That’s what I was proud of today. 28 minutes in the pressure cooker in cinnamon spiced apple cider, sea salt, garlic, and pepper. Then 15 minutes on the grill with homemade Amish bq sauce. mesquite wood chips on the grill. Fall off the bone heaven. In my top three. And I did not use my smoker and took less than an hour. Oh YEA!!!!!!
Ummm - Where exactly do you live?


And Sierra1 -
 
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I'm more of a QuickSteel user myself. I always keep a tube of it on both my bikes. It's much easier to use on the trail for fast repairs.
 

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I use Steel Stik myself, but I'm sure it's virtually the same thing. The two part epoxy putties are definitely better for on the fly repairs, to be sure, since the JB Weld takes about 8 hours to cure totally. If I'm fabricating something and I have the time, I use JB Weld because I think it provides a much stronger bond than the putty.
 
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I use Steel Stik myself, but I'm sure it's virtually the same thing. The two part epoxy putties are definitely better for on the fly repairs, to be sure, since the JB Weld takes about 8 hours to cure totally. If I'm fabricating something and I have the time, I use JB Weld because I think it provides a much stronger bond than the putty.
JB Weld is stronger for sure and would be my first choice in the garage. Again very nice job and the cap looks great.
 

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Yes...the Zip kicker sets the glue instantly. I've used baking soda in the past, but I've found that a small spray bottle full of Zip Kicker (like the kind of bottle they keep eyeglass cleaner solution in) works really well. I've also found the the glue can be sanded down immediately, and it leaves a really nice smooth finish after sanding when you use an accelerator. The downside is the accelerator really stinks, and if you use it in the house, the smell can linger.

Yeah, super glue can be a pain to keep. Moisture is the enemy; the glue absorbs it, and then starts to harden. I've extended the life of the glue by keeping the bottle in a plastic zip lock baggie and sucking all the air out of the bag before I seal it.
I was changing the oil on the bike yesterday; when I went to spin off the oil cap, it broke into three pieces in my hand. Fortunately it was the cap part that broke, and not the threads. I've never seen that happen before, and it's actually the first thing that's ever broken on the S10 in 60,000 miles. I ordered a new one on line, but I have to be able to ride on Monday and the new one wont be here in time, so out came the JB Weld and a trip to the scrap aluminum box. I pieced the cap back together with Loctite super glue, just to hold everything together. Then I made a couple reinforcing brackets out of 1/16" angle aluminum; these were glued over the top and the finger grip part of the original cap with JB Weld. Once that was dry I filed and sanded down the JB Weld and aluminum, and then wrapped a piece of .080 ABS plastic around the circumference of the cap to tie it all together, and this was attached with the super glue and some Zip Kicker (a super glue accelerator). A little more sanding, and it was done and back in the bike.

The finished cap....




....and how it looks in the bike.




When you see it in person, it looks like it's made of chrome. Reminds me of my Harley days, although this "chrome" oil cap didn't cost forty bucks.
Mine shattered into three pieces when the bike was practically brand new. Super Glue held it together until I got a new one.
 

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My last FZ1 developed a hole in the radiator on a ride to work one morning. I bought a tube of the two part epoxy for radiator patches at a parts store, and it held for over a year. I bought a new radiator and kept it on hand which I gave to the bike's new owner when I sold it. The last time I used JB weld was to repair a hole in the bottom of the gas tank on my 1984 S10 Tahoe. It held for years until I sold it too.
 
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