Haven't any first hand experience but a number of people have riveted in the
replacement footwells. Use some kind of permanent marine sealant where the
parts overlap, drill and pop. Riveting will be nearly as strong as welding.
If you don't know how to weld and don't have the equipment, you won't have
to develop a talent you may not have an aptititude for or spend the money on
a welder. You could hire the welding but believe welders charge by the inch
and footwells have a lot of inches to weld. So, unless you weld yourself or
have a friend who works for beer, riveting has its strong points.
Aloha
Peter O.
>From: "Alan Richer/CAM/Lotus" <Alan_Richer@Lotus.com>
> Anyone have any tips on brazing in replacement footwells, I am
>hoping to start on this next week, so that I can continue with the
>frameover.
>Yup - brazing is right out on structural steel (which anything attached to
>the bulkhead is) Find a weldor and save yourself a lot of grief.
>
>Brazes, because they are not metal fusion, will crack and fail. Not a good
>idea....also against the law in inspection depending on the state.
>
>I've seen brazed repairs after a while - one 88 I bought had brazed-on
>outriggers - which had cracked along 3 sides and were peeling off the frame
>underneath. The brazing had failed...not the metal substrate. That frame
>got scrapped in a big hurry....
>
>If you do all the prep and fitting getting the stuff welded should be cheap
>enough...
> ajr
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