Originally Posted by
Curiouswill
...Thank you for the suggestion. I was thinking of something like this. Suppose I put a small washer or nut on the inside and fill the space between this and the ear with JB weld, would that work? Theoretically, this should allow me to use stronger material to fill the bulk of the empty space and then fill in the remainder of the space around the outside of the nut but within the ear more cheaply. Is this sound?
thank you for your advices
Yes, a nut, drilled out, then filed to fit with JB Weld only as a gap filler would offer more structure than JB Weld alone. The strength still comes from the ears themselves, what your doing is supporting the walls so they can't buckle. If I remember it was the lower wall of the left ear that seemed to be most compromised, so make sure it's well supported.