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best way to fix a pitted aluminium rad


hipringle

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Hi, my rad has slight pitting in one area & could do with something like a spot weld to keep it right. Its not leaking but looks a bit thin where its pitted, would a soldering iron with any special solder fix it or would I be able to use some kind of ali solder you heat up & can buy at b & q, any help appriciated. dont want to resort to a huge lump of chemical metal just yet......

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I have used some ali rod in the past to do a fix on my 9r, worked fine but then my stepdad is a bit nifty with stuff like that

Could just pop it along to a rad repairers, should be a cheap fix

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If it's just thin, then a smear of chemical metal is what I'd be doing...

Who me, botch? Never...

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normally mate I,d chemical metal too but this is 851 ducati territory & needs a proper bodge. I,ve ordered some low heat ali rods which weld at 360c but will try on another thin bit of ali first just in case,......

cheers chaps.

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