JB Weld, what crazything have you done with it?

JB is one of mans greatest inventions! iv'e used it for.... repair broken in half cordless drill grip, damns and dividers in intake manifolds, glued the broken butt welds between 2 steel pieces of window mechanism in an ot dd, repair broken plastic grilles and fiberglass center consoles and plastic interior trim pieces, broken mounting ear on aluminum bellhousing, seal a leaking fitting inside a hot tub, seal leaking well plugs in q-jet 4 bbl. etc,etc,etc.

 

I had an OT truck several years ago and ended up breaking the steering wheel in some offroad activities. Being broke but brave, I removed that Ford wheel and installed a Chevy truck wheel in its place. This is where manufacturers become important - chevy wheels are splined; ford wheels had a single keyway. The wheel nut wouldn't stay tight, so I mixed JB Weld and used it for threadlocker.

It worked well for me for a year until I sold the truck and at least two years longer for the next owner. But I do not recommend this use, and am now more cautious in where I use the JB Weld.

 

I have cussed it..burned it... ground it off...just so I could fix the project properly by welding it. JB weld may have it's place but not everyplace.

 

I had an electric window in an OT New Yorker that used a piece of rubber to couple the motor the rest of the crank mechanism. When I took it apart, I found it in several pieces. I filled the void with JBW and it lasted at least until my mother in law sold the car 3 years later.

I'm going to do the same thing with an old refrigerator vacuum pump later this week.

 

I had an old it car when I first got my license, ye alloy head had corroded away at the thermostat, alot of jb weld ran a tap through the thread and it continued on for another 20 thousand..


Do it once, do it right.
My idea of fun, 6-71, 642hp, 570ft/lb, 11" tyre, 4.56 gears and two gears....

 

I was hired to drive my '50 Buick in the "The Last Ride", a movie about the last few days of Hank Williams Sr. life. The cadillac they rented for Hank was a POS. We were pouring gallons of tranny fluid in it every time it stopped. I hauled it to my shop and found the rear transmission housing was broken in two places. I gooped it up with JB and a hose clamp and it worked for the rest of the movie. Everyone needs to see this movie as it goes nationwide in a couple of months.

 

Punched a hole the size of a dime in one of the Pontoons on our Pontoon Boat.
Little JB Weld held in place with duct tape, 3 years later still no issues or leaks.

 

I used JB Weld to repair Boat power head, bad frozen head bolt repair gone bad! It is really amazing, see my article at the following page. I was hoping JB WEld would feature it on their website ...but nothing yet.
http://myoutboardengine.com/Bolts_5.html

 

That's a new one!

 

Well hell... Guess I need to try my luck with it... my boy's got a dirtbike with a small hole in the case where the chain broke, then bound up and cracked it... I was going to split the cases and have it welded... but this sounds so much easier...

 

Mixed up a wad of it and used it to form the mouthpiece for a conch shell horn I made in high school.

 

Jeebus, nine years old and still going? Amazing. I forgot I even started this thing!

 

my air compressor head is still working after 8 years

 

A FNG's first post. They're good at dredging up old threads for an intro.

 

Lots of interesting applications that is making somebody rich!

 

I stumbled onto an article about the uses of WD-40 and was floored. Who knew you spray it on an achy joint to temporarily ease pain?