ULE body problem

[teichild]

thanks for the info. ill let u guys know what happens.

[teichild]

well so far no luck... tried calling AGD because Im more of a talk to someone kinda guy than leave a msg and wait for a call back. But now I will try an email.

[p8ntbal4me]

keep calling them,.... same thing happens to all of us.

they will take a call at some point,.. just vary your call times

[BigEvil]

I know the welder that Nobody is referring to. He does amazing work.

[teichild]

tryed again today and no answer = ) ill try again tomarrow but if i dont get ahold of anyone by monday i think i will take you up on that welder.

[cougar20th]

Problem I see with welding would be aligning the threads correctly so that there would be a mismatch at the break point. Otherwise you will strip either the body or screw.

[Nobody]

when welding, you need a ground point. that is generally with bare metal. so, with aluminium one way to do this, other than sanding off anno to get to bare metal is, if there is a screw hole, thread in an aluminium screw to ground the body. the screw not only acts as an alignment tool, but also the ground point. a quick tack to keep it in place, then run your stitch. this is were those that know how to weld are separated from those that are masters.

[river031403]

Dave called me back the same day just be patient he always returns calls
Also this maybe a good alternative?

http://www.alumiweld.com

[Runamok]

Oh No! that stuff is very hard to work with. You need almost a laboratory clean environment and lots of luck . Go with a damn good welder and look away. I 've been there done that, trust the man with the stick and clean it up afterwards. Nobody knows a guy so send it to him. Or just look for a new body, sometimes fixing cost more then replacing. Lord knows I've spent way more to fix something then I could have just replaced it. But that's how rescue projects start.

[Tunaman]

Make sure that your frame screw is not bottoming out in the body hole. You can exert enough force with the screw in the threads to rip the pim off. Use a washer if your screw is bottoming out. Dave would probably warrantee that, as I have never seen that in all my years.

[Runamok]

Did you ever get this fixed? And did you fix or just replace?