mustangman177

Have a Super Tiger 51 with Ultra Thrust muffler that was damaged in a crash. The muffler sustained damage to one of the bolts that holds it on so it no longer is functional. I've tried JB Weld to hold it on, but still comes lose in flight.

At Wal-mart today I noticed they had a putty type adhesive called Quick Weld. Reading the instructions it apparently is a putty type adhesive that when applied to parts will bond them within 15 minutes. Anyone tried this ? Would be a quick and inexpensive fix to the engine if it would work. Would hate to lose this engine and expensive muffler because of this mishap.

Anyone have any other ideas on how to fix this. The only damage is to the muffler where one of the allen bolts screws into the muffler and is broke off.

Thanks for your help

Cary

Campgems

Cary, you need to clean all traces of left over fuel from the area of the break. Any oil tends to screw up the way epoxy sets. A minumum of a good scrubing with alochol or better yet, tear down the engine and clean the case with Dawn Power Scruber and then clean any remainding oil off with alochol. Use the de-natured kind from the hardware store, not rubbing alochol from the drug store. Once you have things cleaned up, try the JB weld again.

On the other stuff, if it isn't for high temp applications, it won't last as long as your first attempt with the JB. If it is rated for high temp stuff, give it a try.

The best fix though would be a replacement muffler. Is it the muffler, or the manifold that is broken? If it is the manifold, you may be able to fabricate a new flange for it.


Don