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danmack
CRF230F, XR70R

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Topic started on 09/24/2004 at 10:07:12 PM

Hi how are you all doing ? i got a question I guess.
My son hit a rock on his Honda XR70R on the right side case of the engine and there is a little scratch witg sone deep grooves....one of these groovesand oil is leaking ....not badly but it is leaking and I wanna fix it.

So I asked around and some folks told me to JB-Weld it and others say to Tig-Weld it ....they all seem to think tig-welding is the best way to fix it...but my honda guy says the cases are too thin..?
Wadda'ya think.....DanmacK

kubiak
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Posted on 09/25/2004 at 5:19:38 PM

if they are too thin,maybe jb weld till you find a new or used one.

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Ironhydroxide
Wellsville, UT

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Posted on 09/25/2004 at 6:05:47 PM

If you have someone who knows how to tig weld, or you do then there should be no problem. i had my case tig welded by my dad, and the only thing wrong was a little bit of bubbling, but that was because he was filling a void(hole) and not repairing a scratch.

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danmack
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Posted on 09/25/2004 at 9:12:21 PM

Thanks , I am seeing a guy at a mechine/welding shop tuesday to have it tig-welded.
DanmacK......................

danmack
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Posted on 09/28/2004 at 7:08:05 PM

Well the guy welded it and I filled her with oil and gas again and she fired right up.When he was welding there was some smoke and I couldn't figure out where it was coming from ...?...I think maby the crankcase breather ....or that is where I was thinking smoke that comes from heat in the engine would come from.....
It looked like it was comming from the area where the chain goes on the small sproket on the side of the engine...maby ...we did have the bike upside down on a table.
Well ....she started anyways and we put her on a fresh area of concrete in the garage at home and we'll see if a puddle forms or not !....and I am going to either change the oil and be happy or dump it again and find the leak and weld it again!
DanmacK..............................................................

danmack
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Posted on 09/30/2004 at 7:29:22 PM

She no....leek mon!.....two days now ! We have to change-out the oil again and run her a few times now ....O' and put the skid plate on !
DanmacK.................

danmack
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Posted on 10/05/2004 at 6:56:05 PM

Well we rode sat. & sunday and no oil leaks ! The welds werk great !
I was really worried about the man's bike being a parts bike too soon...lol.
Update 11/1/04
The bike has been running fine sence we did the work on it !

DanmacK..............................................................

danmack
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Posted on 11/01/2004 at 6:24:57 PM

The guy who wrote a review for JB Weld should read this topic

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