Curt,
A friend of mine that restores car worth hundreds of thousands of dollars
told me this past month that he hates getting a car with brazed joints. He
said the brazing material is very difficult to remove and will cause more
problems than it will solve. He will not braze anything on a car, but he
may be expecting more from his own work than we are from ours.
I have a GT6+ with an area that was brazed in a previous repair. I plan to
cut it out and replace the entire area with new metal. All round the
brazing, the metal has corroded and cracked. All this happened because it
changed the strength of the area and added a corrosive agent to the parent
metal to add adhesion for the brazing.
My advice is to avoid brazing.
Jeff Howard
Rayne LA
USA
'69 GT6+
'80 Spit
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fisher, Curt (AFS-Dixon)" <CFisher1@afs.bwauto.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:22 AM
Subject: RE: Welding Patch Panels
> Good subject, appreciate the obsurvations so far. I am facing the same
> operation with patch panels in the next year. Any opinions on these
options
> for those of us who are less skilled with a welder and body work from the
> experienced listers?:
>
>
> How about brazing a flange joint?
>
> A freind told me there is an adhesive meant for this purpose on flange
> joints which eliminates any risk of metal warpage due to heat, and has
> worked well for him. Anyone have any experience with this?
>
> What about brazing a butt joint? I doubt it would be strong enough on just
> one side, but what if it was a patch that was brazed on all sides into a
> panes to fill a hole?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Curt
> 59 TR3A (Steed) under restoration
> 03 MINI Cooper (Mrs. Peel) everyday.
>
> writes:
>
> << Butt weld or overlap with a flange? >>
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