Originally Posted by Regulatori

#2
-My friend is absolutely convinced this can easily be done with JB weld and I'm overthinking this. Do everything the same as #1 (but using a longer inner sleeve) and just the do the full sleeve/joint using JB Weld. He thinks using a longer inner sleeve that's a tight fit will give the JB Weld a huge surface area for a strong bond. Plus the joint itself will have more JB Weld.
He's convinced because JB Weld has fixed holes in engine blocks....I'm not so convinced because the exterior of an engine block is different than a stressed joint.

#2 would be awesome because it would save me a bunch of time and not have to take it to a welder...but it makes me nervous. #1 seems more common sense.