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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 11:52am |
Looking to build up the pitted sections on a torque tube under the battery box. Can anyone recommend a good welding rod for cast iron? Wish they had mounted the battery under the tube..... 
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 12:07pm |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 12:08pm |
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 12:12pm |
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I would think bondo, or lead would be the best choices.
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 12:44pm |
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I have used Bondo with good luck. Wire brush the area real good and smear it on in several layers.
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 1:04pm |
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If you are going to use a paste grade filler material, blast cleaning is your best option.
Use an angular abrasive such as Black Beauty. Blast to a near white 3 mi finish (blast standard SSPC10)
Belzona 1111 (Super Metal) can be applied in one application. There are no solvents thus no shrinkage. This material is not subject to chipping compared to JB Weld or Bondo. The Super Metal will not corrode or rust.
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 1:31pm |
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To get the weld to adequately adhere you would need to preheat the entire tube, to keep it from warping or twisting it will need to be reheated to red hot after the weld and allowed to slow quench, not really possible. The best alternative, bondo as suggested above or leave as is and paint it after wire brushing. Cast welding is an art that I after 30+ years of welding a lot, I have trouble with, it is more black smithing.
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Posted: 23 Jun 2010 at 1:40pm |
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If it were mine, I would go the Belzona route or use a primer filler and sand between layers.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 12:05am |
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I 2nd the sandblasting. All of the rust will be removed. You can then do the Belzona thing or maybe even braze up the deep pits. Once you have the sheetmetal on it, you're not going to be able to see the pitted areas.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 8:52am |
I have a tube that is not pitted you can have. Just pick it up. but you can do a lot of bondoing by the time you drive here.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 8:59am |
Clay, what a salesman you are!
Just a courious question, could Bee take something like a small barrel and cut/slot the ends out so torque tube would slide into barrel, then line the with plastic to get the ends to seal and fill it with the frankeinstine fluids and hook up the battery charger and clean the metal that way and then wash it off and grind it smooth or Belzona it and paint?
That torque tube was not really smooth to start with from the factory...
or Could just find another tube that isn't all ate up.
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 9:03am |
 olivershagnasty wrote:
I have a tube that is not pitted you can have. Just pick it up. but you can do a lot of bondoing by the time you drive here.
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Oliver, I sent you a private message. Thanks1
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Posted: 24 Jun 2010 at 9:34am |
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As it is cosmetic , I would not try to weld , only going to lead to problems. Something like the Pour 11 or surface rust covering products would be a good thing to try.
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