Rainer Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 This is the front RHS engine mount of my SP1. The crash bung base to the right of the picture was bent up into the rad and, as I feared, has also cracked the engine mount. I'll replace the rad, but is the engine mount fixable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garage19 Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Straighten up and weld her up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobert23 Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 It doesn't look too bad from that angle... Once welded up and sorted out, it'll probably be stronger than the original cast area(?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rainer Posted February 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Righto. Cheers chaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marge Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Speak to a specialist frame builder matey, cast can go as brittle as fuck when it's welded. I'd maybe look at taking the mount off completely and having one machined up that you can bolt to the frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted February 4, 2013 Report Share Posted February 4, 2013 Speak to a specialist frame builder matey, cast can go as brittle as fuck when it's welded. I'd maybe look at taking the mount off completely and having one machined up that you can bolt to the frame. How do you think they attached it to the frame rais in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marge Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 How do you think they attached it to the frame rais in the first place? By a specialist frame builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superdunc Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 By a specialist frame builder. Or a robot welder as quickly as possible. Manufacturers select materials for bike frames that are going to make the frame a cheap and simple as possible to manufacture, very very few production bikes are made from heat treatable alloys, so welding a frame would be perfectly within the the realms of any decent alloy welder. Yes care has to be taken to select the correct rod and prepare the job correctly, but it's no diiferent if you welding bike frames or street futniture. Some cast don't weld very well at all but a casting that is already welded to a structure shuoldn't be an issue. Edit: What Mille said would be the correct way to do it in an ideal world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theo Posted February 6, 2013 Report Share Posted February 6, 2013 Have you fuckers never heard of 60 second araldite?.............. Or, in keeping with the other thread today, why not replace with a nice shiny ducati?...........:-p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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