Take plenty of lubricant and have a few shots first to loosen up. Make sure they wear protection, cause you gonna get screwed!~

 

Do ya think?

All we need here is a precision weld....are we Americans or Americants? I believe in and have faith in the the human will. If I can get all my ducks in a row then I don't see why it can't be cone. This has been shown to have been done before...on another forum.

Sometimes I think people have become too accustomed to paying for new parts when old parts can be fixed and not thrown out. Unfortunately the "new" economy..as they call it requires us to try other alternatives....

 

Perhaps "in a row" should have some thought, a "jig" to hold new tooth while welding in orientation to other teeth (it is a curve)...

 

Welding works great with thick parts. The smaller the item, the more critical the variables become, thick is forgiving, thin is not.

I used to do failure investigations on the Cruise Missile program as a Reliability Engineer. My responsibilities went from dealing with micro-circuit failures, Printed circuit boards, relays, wiring systems and components all the way up to the major systems on the bird.

One of the most prevalent problems we had were the micro welds inside small relays coming apart during vibration testing and during launch sequence pyrotechnic shock events.

I have seen what happens when one relay weld fails at a critical moment. The missile falls from the sky prematurely.


The smaller the cross-sectional area of a weld is the more critical everything is.

Good luck with your attempts to fix it. Of course, you are not dealing with a defense missile, but the physics of the weld are the same.

 

Buck stops here....cannot pay whatever amount of money I like....here's hoping the weld is good.

 

The jig I was thinking about would be two alligator clips with a flexible wire between to bend into position the metal tab....sound good for a welder?

 

M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E!

WELCOME TO THE CLUBHOUSE.

Here's your new set of ears!

Seriously, alligator clips and a piece of wire. If you were stranded on a deserted island maybe..........

 

Let the welder decide what will work for him. You may be able to use an "L" shaped tab and weld the bottom side of the "L" to the disk, leaving the new tab standing tall.

 

Any ideas on a suitable jig for the welder would be much appreciated. I would do this all myself if I could...but am relying on the gang in the MM Club....will definitely earn my ears on this one...if haven't already! Really, though counting on the expertise of the certified welder.

Thanks...for hanging in there on this one...we'll see...

 

Guys usually have all sorts of little magnets they use to hold light stuff. Would suggest having plugs out and belt off so you can rotate with a wrench on the harmonic banacer nut.