JBWELD

[TALLGUY]

Who else has found JB Weld to be a great thing for keeping our old homies running. Just patched up the inside of a fuel tank and really like the puddy for this process

I get to be the first to post to this area

[RBW]

JB is good stuff allright!



I have been using a product from devcon called "Plastic Steel" and it works on everything.


JB weld is nearly as good but for the price it certainly cant be beat.

[oldsaws]

Great stuff! Used it for years. Last year patched a leak in the high pressure line of my central air conditioner. Patched a leaking cast iron radiator a few years earlier. Last week fixed a fuel line leak the lazy way on my Homelite 150 automatic. Did a domestic cold water intake repair with Plastic Steel, a similar product, 40 years ago and it's still holding well.

[oldsaws]

Sorry for the typo. Should read "similar product".

[RBW]

Fixed it for ya Oldasws.

[bosshoss1]

jb weld ranks second only to industrial duct tape.
i used it last week to patch a leak in the log splitter carb-worked well.
it's an all american deal.i always mix it with toothpicks for proper application-sort of like brain surgery!

[blackoak]

I love how it smooths out after spitting on my finger and smoothing it out to perfection. I buy it every chance and keep it in all my trucks.

[bruce hopf]

I recently rebuilt a Stihl 044, that that had a seized Motor that I had bought. Instead of reading the Service Repair Manual first(Like a Dummy), I attempted to pry the Crank Case Halves apart, and had a couple of Gouges in the face of the two halves.
I talked with a friend that I met one of these Chain Saw Discussion Forums, and he recommended me using JD Weld to do the repair. I did, and I took a File, and I smoothed it all out nice, put everything back together, this time with the aid of the Service Repair Manual, and I never had a moments Trouble with it afterwards. Great Stuff, to have and too work with. Sorry, I know that is not a HomeLite. Bruce.

[woodplayer]

Yes JB weld sure does come in handy.

Hey Bruce to separate the crankcase of the Partner I just worked on, I found if you take a piece of heavy steel or angle iron, align it with the bar bolts and crankshaft (clutch removed), then drill the holes for the bar bolts and a hole for the crankshaft.

Mount the piece with the bar nuts then take a wheel puller and adjust it so the pullers are pulling up on the bar and the threaded part is pushing down on the crank and tighten away till she pops.

In my case the bearing outer races fit tighter to the crankcase half then the inner race to the crankshaft, but I assume it would work either way.

Thanks by the way for the suggestion on heating the bearings in oil before installing on crankshaft. The only problem was that I put them in a small can of oil and set it on the woodstove to heat and before I knew it the whole house was reeking of hot oil stench.

[quiverpup]

gotta love jb weld! just bought a ariens snowblower with 8hp tecumseh on it.aluminum gearbox in auger had hole in it and was all played out.gave em 75 bucks for it .took gearbox apart,pin had broke and put hole in case as it "removed" itself from case.i fixed case with jb weld and now need about 15 dollars worth of bushings and misc to have a another snowblower!

[daustin97222]

Just a note to add a vote for JB-Weld:

I have trusted it for over 20 years to do the darnedest things. About 8 months back, tooling to the grocery store on a "honey-do" in my 2001 Subaru Outback, I hit a shock tower that someone had dropped in the road. Looked like it came from a honda. The corner of this think punched a hole in my gas tank! Three hundred and eighty dollars is what the scrapper wanted for a tank, cash and carry, you install. At this point I am REALLY pissed. To add insult to injury, I had about 10 gallons of gas in the tank, and this was when gas was four bucks.

I turned around and dashed for home, and jacked up the ride. I took of the gas cap to relieve the pressure. Gas is dripping out. I quickly peeled away the undercoating, mixed up some Ace 5-minute epoxy, and shoved it into the hole to stop the leak. Held it there with my finger until it hardened. OK, the leak is stopped and I can figure out what to do. I grabbed a putty knife and with that and some 60-grit flooring paper, I carefully cleaned an area about three inches in diameter or so. There's a dent about two inches in diameter, maybe one fouth of an inch deep, and a small crack in the center. Using the putty knife, the paper, some rags and brakeclean I prepped it to shiny, peeling off the undercoating and paint. I then mixed up some trusty JB-weld. I applied a thin coating of it into the dent and over the crack. Then, I took some flashing that I had (aluminum), cut it into a half-dollar sized circle, scratched it up good on both sides, and using some more JB I embedded it into the dent. I covered it all with more JB built up to the level of the tank itself. Once cured, I block-sanded the repair till smooth and at the height of the original tank. I then covered it with undercoating and an old paint roller, and you cannot tell where the repair is. It is gone. That was at 73,000 miles, and we're at 86,000 today and counting. Many long trips to the coast and what-not. A trip into the mountains on 1/16/09 (yesterday) to score a $20 "seized" Super-XL Homie (more on that in another post). JB-weld has saved me hundreds if not thousands of dollars through the years. Gas tanks today are all under pressure, and that tank refuses to leak. "Before you scrap it: JB it." Seriously.

[swifter]

my jb weld story:

I've flown an old 1949 airplane for over 25 years. Soon after I bought it a fuel leak developed in the sump (used to drain possible contaminates from fuel). I sealed it with jb weld about 23 years ago. I check it on a regular basis and it has never leaked a drop, shown any hint of discoloration or corrosion. And just to stay on topic I have used it on my homelite saw.

[mikem]

I just used JB Weld to repair a split chain gaurd cover on an SEZ rather than spend $15 bucks on another gaurd. I have also used it to repair a crack in the lower unit of a boat motor. The stuff works very well.

[greg409]

I recently aquired these (2) - the sxlao got jb to hold the rear bar stud threaded bushing in place - got my fingers crossed

greg

Hi all, I'm a newbe

[MCS]

Welcome to the forum. We have a good time talking about real chainsaws.
Keep us posted

[powerking]

When I did my ground-up restoration of my SXL-925, I had to replace one of the tank halves with one from another saw. Used a new gasket and filled it with gas to check for leaks. It would ooz gas some places at the seam. Split the halves again used a gas resistant gasket sealer on it and after a few days it was still oozing at the seam.

The final fix after 10 years now was no gasket. Instead just a thin bead of JB Weld on the gasket surfaces, tighten all the screws and wipe away the excess. No more leaks.

[chipsflyin]

Sometimes you wonder what you would do without it. Always works great in a pinch.