Random Tech Questions

[BMFScout]

I was about to say, its a janky idea at best, whatever you are doing.

[stx4wheeler]

heat was not so good on karls gas tank jb weld repair.

[KrazyKarl02]

Does heat (say, engine heat "for example") help or hinder JB Weld's curing time?

When I was "fixing" the dirt bike gas tank it was cold outside, so I got my heat gun, applied to the JB Weld and the results where horrible. Heat makes JB weld's viscocity turn into that of water, the crap started flowing everywhere. I would not recommend it.

[Sharpe]

Cracked the aluminum lower intake plenum on my crewcab's go-fitty-fo. A new one is $450 (A&M cost...) and I have no desire to remove the intake to have the crack TIG'd until absolutely neccesary. The crack is about an inch long starting at a threaded hole and coolant seeps through it fairly rapidly. I got some leak stopper from napa called Dike and it stopped the leak within about 10 minutes of driving. Made it all the way to Houston and back today and still no leaks so I'd say its good to go. I put some JB weld on top of the crack just for good measure yesterday while the motor was hot before the trip and will concur that yes, its viscosity goes to **** when hot. Oh well, problem solved...for now...

[J Cooper]

anyone else had this problem with heims?

the heims for my steering ram are 5/8 and the bolt was a tight fit when i put in on. (both heims)

right before i loaded it on the trailer at trees i noticed a little play in the steering wheel.

i took out the bolt from the ram and there is a good 1/4 play from side to side between the bolt and the ID of the heim.

i will take it off again later and get a picture, but both heims were exactly the same way.

the bolt still fits in the tabs perfectly so the wear is in the heims themselves


WTF???

cheap heims?

[AggieTJ2007]

sound like it or they got stretched

[J Cooper]

sound like it or they got stretched

so just get some better heims?

these are the ones that came from PSC. this is the first real trip with them, they were fine after clayton.

i do not want to buy new heims after every trip i go on.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I have the PSC ones, and still no play in them. Maybe somebody took your good ones and swapped in their wore ones to be super cheap???

[uglyota]

5/8, or 5/8 x 3/4? 5/8 x 5/8 is a pretty small heim, in that size and application I would get the baddest dude money could buy. If you can upgrade to 5/8x3/4 even better. Surprised PSC would spec something that wouldn't hold up though. Is the heim sitting on threads?

[bcolman]

i have psc one too and no play, i would call/e-mail psc and see what they say about them

[J Cooper]

5/8, or 5/8 x 3/4? 5/8 x 5/8 is a pretty small heim, in that size and application I would get the baddest dude money could buy. If you can upgrade to 5/8x3/4 even better. Surprised PSC would spec something that wouldn't hold up though. Is the heim sitting on threads?

5/8 is the size of the ID of the heim (size of the bolt) the thread should be a 3/4 x 16 ( i think )

no it is not sitting on threads.



guess i could go bigger but its going to suck drilling out those holes with a hand drill now.

i looked on the PCS website and i could not find replacement heims to find out what brand they were.

[uglyota]

you must have just gotten a bunk heim. 5/8x3/4 (5/8 bore, 3/4 shaft) are stronger than 3/4x3/4. I wouldn't go bigger

[DRAGOONRANCH]

I would call up PSC first, they always seem to have outstanding customer service and may make it right for you. Can you mic the bolt and the heim to see where the actual play is?

[J Cooper]

I would call up PSC first, they always seem to have outstanding customer service and may make it right for you. Can you mic the bolt and the heim to see where the actual play is?

ya thats what i was thinking, pull it off and get some measurements, then call up Lance

"your busting my balls lance, busting my balls"

[AggieTJ2007]

im interested in how this works out because I will be running the same setup