radiator modding for my gen-3
Posted: May 12th, 2009, 1:56 pm
so, I bent in the crossover hose peices, but the exit for the right rad hits the coolant fitting on the jug. and not just a little, like they are unable to co-exist. so I start bending the outlet on the rad a little and SNAP!
so I go "oh well, I was gonna have to cut it off anyway"
So I find a '89 rad in my garage with a perfect lower tank and cut out a rectangle that bends up to cover the hole from the busted off outlet and to relocate the outlet to point down out the bottom.
now here comes the question... I was thinking about ways to do this and well...
1, weld my self with MIG
no, I weld like shit and it will leak
2, take to my TIG guy
no, if he was a tattoo artist, you would say he has a very heavy hand, when he welds my frames he uses thick ass rod, tons of heat and a big fat bead, I worry he is gonna burn right through the rads
3, JB it
no, I promised I would not nigyver this bike
4 braze it!
I thought about that muggy rod stuff, but I am impatient and needed something now. Airgas by work had this aladdin 3-in-1 aluminum brazing stuff. After my works discount it was $15 for like a lifetime supply big ol' tube of the stuff.
anyway, my question is, has anybody ever brazed aluminum and could offer up some advise? anybody think this is a bad idea? and anybody know what the hell they mean by "tinning"
http://www.aladdin3in1.com/whitemetal.htm
step #2
so I go "oh well, I was gonna have to cut it off anyway"
So I find a '89 rad in my garage with a perfect lower tank and cut out a rectangle that bends up to cover the hole from the busted off outlet and to relocate the outlet to point down out the bottom.
now here comes the question... I was thinking about ways to do this and well...
1, weld my self with MIG
no, I weld like shit and it will leak
2, take to my TIG guy
no, if he was a tattoo artist, you would say he has a very heavy hand, when he welds my frames he uses thick ass rod, tons of heat and a big fat bead, I worry he is gonna burn right through the rads
3, JB it
no, I promised I would not nigyver this bike
4 braze it!
I thought about that muggy rod stuff, but I am impatient and needed something now. Airgas by work had this aladdin 3-in-1 aluminum brazing stuff. After my works discount it was $15 for like a lifetime supply big ol' tube of the stuff.
anyway, my question is, has anybody ever brazed aluminum and could offer up some advise? anybody think this is a bad idea? and anybody know what the hell they mean by "tinning"
http://www.aladdin3in1.com/whitemetal.htm
step #2
same idea....
