This Company should never be brought up in the welding and fabrication fourm.

just get the damn thing WELDED by a WELDER

just cause it says weld on the tube doesn't mean it's welding.

 

I agree. But you can use this for cracked oil pans, cracked blocks, tranny cases among other things. But I dont think it should be used for fabrication purposes. Unless you just dont care and in that case why even ask if it will work. If your trying to join to pieces of metal or something of that nature it wont work. Plan and simple.

Sal

 

I use JB weld where there isn't high heat or it something break from not being strong enough its not tramatic or very harmful. I use it to mount tabs on my IC so I can attach it to the frame and what not. It has it's plus but you gotta know when to say when.

 

JB weld (and JB Quick ) has saved my *** so many times in temp fixes that I am not going to badmouth it one bit. When used correctly it is great , its just when the 'other' people get ahold of it.

Rich

 

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i completely agree. ive used it for exhaust leaks, FMIC piping leaks, and the list goes on.

its the ****.

 

never even considered it... but this thread is making me think that it can come in handy at times?

damn, using it to stick tabs on IC's and fix leaks? didn't think it was that strong?

 

JB weld rocks, it has so many uses.. it fixes radiators!

 

definetly jbweld rocks! but the jbquickweld hasen't given me much help

 

JB weld is the ****. I've used it to hold motormount bolts that were stripped into place and also to hold stripped halfshaft bolts into place. It mos def has it's uses...

 

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sounds like you need to learn a little wrench control.

JB weld is handy in some cases.

 

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hahaha.. mabye go a little easier and buy some loctite instead of jbweld

 

JB Weld has saved my ***....when **** happens on the road, JB weld is a great way to DRIVE IT HOME...we can't always spot weld on the shoulder of the highway

 

great experiences with jb weld. Not so fond of the 'jb quick'

 

jb quick sucks... JB weld is great for certain jobs...

like recently i got a freebie oil pan for my motor swap project. It was an aluminum pan with a stripped oil drain plug. Ok so i could turn this into a bigass project and helicoil it, or tapp it out for a bigger drain, something like that...

instead i just ran over to pep boys, picked up one of those 2 part fram oil drain valves and jb welded the sucker in... easy half hour fix. This part i was origonally going to braze in... but if yo udo that and cook the valve inside... then you've brazed in a lump of uselessness.

so in this occassion it was either turn it into a project or get a heat free method of sticking it in there. JB weld

key JB weld things... get the object CLEAN first, and skuff it up... MIX the jb weld on a seperate thing first... i usually use a little extra hardener to make doubly sure that it ALL hardens.

using jb weld to "weld" your chromoly cage lol using jb weld to fix stupid ****... fine

 

well, here is more "depth" to what i used

JB weld on radiator, and misc parts

we used JB quik weld on friends FMIC piping, because it had a fast set up time. it worked and hasnt blown out yet (15psi daily, seeing 20-25 on track)

so i cant say i have had bad experiences with the "jb quik" weld

 

I used jb weld on the itb's I made, came out really good and smooth looking.

 

lol a friend of mine tried to mix JB weld ON the part... ya that was stupid especially because i didn't find out about it until half of it was hard and the other half was soft & randomly intertwined with the hard parts... what a pain that was.

 

I've used Jbweld a few times when needed, nothing bad to say about the product. I've also use quiksteel to fill holes on tb's when needed.

 

JB weld works great for some applications, but obviously isn't a substitute for real welding....

A couple years ago I bought a wrecked 92 gsr and put the engine/tranny into my car. The accident had broken the tranny case where the front mount bolts to it. Here are a couple pics: ***Note, these pics were taken AFTER I enlarged the bolt hole area and smoothed out where it had cracked.... I used a dremel-like tool for this. Oh, and hopefully imagestation cooperates (you can add .orig.jpg to the end of the pics to get larger versions).




I then machined an aluminum insert to be fitted into the hole I enlarged. Here's the insert, which was tapped so the motor mount could be bolted to it:


And a pic of it set in place:



I bolted up the mount so that the insert would be in the correct location, used modeling clay and masking tape to create a "well" for the jb weld, and then filled the area with JB weld.




Then after the weld was fully set the clay, tape and mount were removed so that I could clean up the area to make it look a little better.



This engine/tranny has been in my car for over two years now and the jb weld is holding up perfectly. Absolutely no signs of cracking or deterioration. Obviously I'd like to get a new clutch case eventually, but until I can find one for super cheap, the JB weld is working great.

Oh, and I did originally attempt to get the case welded instead. I went to a local shop (only one I could find who even said they could do this type of thing) and all I got from the guy was bad news. First off he as gonna charge me a fortune to hot tank the case before the work, then the labor was going to be outrageous. And on top of all that he said he wasn't even sure if he'd be able to fix it very well. He said that he metal used for these castings was super cheap and not that clean/pure and that it didn't take repair welds very well. I personally don't know if thats true or not.... but at the time I wasn't gonna pay an arm and a leg to have the case fixed, especially if the guy wasn't even sure if it'd work.

 

There is stuff we used to use at my last shop called something like "marine tech" its avail at boat stores, and they should know what you are talking about. When I asked the master tech there about my friends Dodge intake runner that was cracked, he said that this stuff was stronger. Just a thought

 

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well it ripped the halfshaft bolts out of the back of the block *shrug*

all that mad vt3ch torque

 

I love JB weld.

I don't know what I would do with out it.

 

jb weld is the ****. in this case, i made my own vacume log, and needed to seal where the small lines went into the block. silicone wouldve been to east, and i need to seal this **** good.




junkyard style

moral of the story, jb weld is always a good thing to have in the tool box.

 

jb weld is neeto, comes in handle. Might do my battery box with it, unless i can borrow a rivit gun or something

 

yes the tranny aluminum is very porus and it is hard to weld on it but not impossible

I have to say JB weld is good for some fixes,

I had my MR-2 axle fall apart and scrape a 3 inch by 1/4 inch holes in it leaking oil out. I drained the oil and cleaned the area good. Piled on the JB weld and double layered it the next day. Filled it up and it was good to go. Never leak again for next 2 year until the tranny crapped ( shitty 91 with 300 hp )