aluminium welding required

leadfoot



Joined: 11/03/2009
Posts: 67

Message Posted:
12/01/2010 19:07

Aluminium internal crank-case part has snapped,its part of a 1940 "Indian" motor bike!

New part near impossible to obtain,I think.Can anyone help!!

Bob.

kenny



Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 405

Message Posted:
12/01/2010 20:13

could do it for if you were in the uk !

Mr Vince


Joined: 24/07/2008
Posts: 696

Message Posted:
12/01/2010 20:17

I used to get aluminium welded in Livingston just outside Edinburgh

Baspinar Bob


Joined: 15/02/2008
Posts: 618

Message Posted:
12/01/2010 20:38

Bob



If anyone in the North does ally welding Ziggy on the Merit road will know them, his number is 0533 854 8511.





Bob.

Texas


Joined: 22/09/2009
Posts: 634

Message Posted:
14/01/2010 13:09

There is a place on the Kajagoogoo industrial estate.



If you go to the end of the estate, i.e. driving from GAU direction towards Zeytinlik, , this used to be a short cut from the bottom of the GAU road, to the big mosque, you will see a modern shop that sells lights, etc. Just before this is a unit that can do your job.



Another way to get there is turn opposite Ian Smiths, get to the end, turn left.



Good luck.

Tenakoutou



Joined: 27/07/2009
Posts: 4110

Message Posted:
14/01/2010 13:42

I used to have a US Army Indian 900cc in New Zealand in about 1963 - superb bike - big leather saddle and side panniers, with gearchange lever on the side of the tank.



I hope they understand ali welding here - the secret mainly is that the (top) oxide layer must be firstly cleaned off the job to be welded, as otherwise the aluminium underneath the oxide layer will simply collapse because the ali melts at a lower temperature than the oxide layer.



I don't know if Ziggy has (TIG) argon arc gear, or 'spool on gun' - or, indeed, if anyone in TRNC is capable of aluminium or magnesium welding.



I used to use 'Eutectic' (Swiss made, but sold by BOC in UK) welding rods, just using an oxy acetylene welding plant - but essential to use the right (Eutectic) flux.



Just a suggestion - but one of the Harley Davidson service agents in the South (Nicosia) is more likely to carry out this type of specialised work.



You will firstly need to thoroughly degrease/oil the casting. Cracked sump?

YeniTom


Joined: 29/12/2009
Posts: 198

Message Posted:
14/01/2010 19:22

Msg 6



Dead right Tenakoutou.



Leadfoot. Be absolutely sure that they can do it. Use Tenakoutou's advice as questions for them.



#I hope they understand ali welding here - the secret mainly is that the (top) oxide layer must be firstly cleaned off the job to be welded, as otherwise the aluminium underneath the oxide layer will simply collapse because the ali melts at a lower temperature than the oxide layer. #



If they get it wrong your crankcase will be a molten mass on the floor



Tom

tonykyte


Joined: 19/04/2008
Posts: 270

Message Posted:
14/01/2010 19:28

who's that womam in the background