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JB Weld Muffler?
Greets all...
I recently sheared off the cheap Chinese bolts holding my muffler to my Hua Sheng frame-mounted 4 stroke motor. The funny part is I just bought tempered steel bolts made here in the US to replace the old Chinese ones. As I attempted to remove the old bolts, they sheared right off. I didn't even apply much pressure. I tried to use vice grips to remove the protruding part of the now headless bolts and it sheared off flush with the engine. These are really small bolts and I don't believe they make an easy-out that size. I also tried to grind a slot in the top and remove them with a flat screwdriver without any luck. I tried briefly to drill them out to retap the holes but I had no luck making any progress on them. Is there a special drill bit I need to do so? Is there an easier way? Now I have a really loud motor that has lost about 5-8 MPH from its top speed. Can I JB Weld the muffler back on? I hear great things about that stuff. Also, I don't plan on ever removing the muffler. I figure I will replace the engine before I ever need to remove the muffler for any reason. Any thoughts? Would I be doing something that could hurt anything? Please advise... Thanks in advance.
-Jesse
Greets all...
I recently sheared off the cheap Chinese bolts holding my muffler to my Hua Sheng frame-mounted 4 stroke motor. The funny part is I just bought tempered steel bolts made here in the US to replace the old Chinese ones. As I attempted to remove the old bolts, they sheared right off. I didn't even apply much pressure. I tried to use vice grips to remove the protruding part of the now headless bolts and it sheared off flush with the engine. These are really small bolts and I don't believe they make an easy-out that size. I also tried to grind a slot in the top and remove them with a flat screwdriver without any luck. I tried briefly to drill them out to retap the holes but I had no luck making any progress on them. Is there a special drill bit I need to do so? Is there an easier way? Now I have a really loud motor that has lost about 5-8 MPH from its top speed. Can I JB Weld the muffler back on? I hear great things about that stuff. Also, I don't plan on ever removing the muffler. I figure I will replace the engine before I ever need to remove the muffler for any reason. Any thoughts? Would I be doing something that could hurt anything? Please advise... Thanks in advance.
-Jesse
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