JB Weld Strong Enough for Braze-ons?
06-02-11, 10:49 AM
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JB Weld Strong Enough for Braze-ons?
I know it's a silly question but I'm looking to experiment. Would JB Weld be strong enough to hold a DT shifter boss and cable stop? I'm looking to put a DT shifter (indexed) on a head tube for an upright town bike. I know I could get it brazed on by one of our local framebuilders but I'm not 100% about how this would work and I'm just tinkering here.
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06-02-11, 12:22 PM
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If you are just tinkering, see if you can use clamp-on shifter bosses instead to test function and adjust the position, then have bosses brazed-on later once you know where you want them. JB weld would probably be sufficiently strong for temporary testing but I doubt it would be a good long-term solution.
You dont necessarily need to find a skilled framebuilder for adding a few braze-ons. A local welding repair shop or a garage hack that knows how to braze could do this pretty easily.
You dont necessarily need to find a skilled framebuilder for adding a few braze-ons. A local welding repair shop or a garage hack that knows how to braze could do this pretty easily.
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If I could find a clamp-on boss for indexed shifters i would be happy enough. I've come up empty. Do they exist?
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would jb weld be strong enough to hold guides for rear dyno lighting wiring...maybe two or three guides underneath DT?
4130 steel frame / powdercoat.
4130 steel frame / powdercoat.
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powder coat doesn't have stupendous adhesion. It mainly stays on because it's tough. So if you yank on your wire, the powdercoat may fail.
