Broken Starter Gluing - Part 2

The conclusion to my attempt at gluing two pieces of aluminum together. It was a fail!

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[TCDF22]

Not the way I would have glued it, but for the torque a starter puts out, its trying to put a band-aid on a decapitation. Welding would be best, but pricey w/o a "friend". With that in mind, the upgraded version is the way to go if the money is there.

When it comes to metal, of any kind, never expect a single part adhesive to be worth anything at all. Two part epoxy with metal additive or GTFO.

Just my 2c, but always a fan of the Junkman

[Junkman2000]

@TCDF22 Another guy welded his a week ago. It lasted one day. I would never try and weld a starter back together. They only run about $130 for my car. If I couldn't afford that, I'd buy a cheaper car.

[ramoine35]

It's too bad the glue didn't hold up . Hope the Tig weld will work out for you and thanks for posting these 2 videos to demonstrate the glue procedure . I really like the Junkman productions keep up the good work !

[Junkman2000]

@ramoine35 Hey, thanks for watching. I'm sure that glue will hold up on the right application. I firmly believe that my lack of ability to clamp the pieces together are what did me in.

[2LateIWon]

hey junk man!!! Try the alumiweld. It's basically a low temp aluminum rod you heat up it a propane torch. I think Harbor freight sells something kinda like that for like $15.00 see if you can google and watch vids on youtube about.

check out "aluminum brazing soldering using alumiweld welding rods" here on youtube with freddytk421

[Junkman2000]

@2LateIWon Nahhh... I'm leaving this up to the professionals. I take a lot of road trips and I don't want that thing to become an issue 500 miles away from home!

[v12tommy]

@Junkman2000 Oh yeah, I know. It just got me thinking about that time with my starter. That is the part that really sucks. If it had just broken off the starter it would have been no big deal, it was the fact that it took the chunk off your block. Good luck on the TIG welding. Hopefully they don't charge you an arm and a leg for such a small piece. I hear cast aluminum is an art to weld. Of course, once it is done, the weld will be stronger than the surrounding aluminum.

[Junkman2000]

@v12tommy lol! What a story! lol!

The starter is not what I was trying to fix. It's the piece that is chipped off the block that I need to fix. The starter was just a testing platform. I already have a new starter. Check out part 1 of this series.

[v12tommy]

@Junkman2000 Sounds like a plan. I had this horrible Honda Prelude in high school that the starter went out on. A friend of mine replaced it, but it still didn't work. Being that the car was junk, I figured it was probably bad wiring or something, so I ended up push starting it for at least a good 6 months until I needed some sort of other repair, and come to find out, my friend just forgot to hook up the wiring to the starter. I felt like such an idiot. I wasn't very tech savvy back then.

[Junkman2000]

@v12tommy Well, this stuff was supposed to be better but I'm going to TIG weld it now. I take to many road trips to take a chance!