Dr Olds Burnout Machine
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Chris are you patching it with aluminum? I know your trying but I gotta warn you bud aluminum and steel don't play well together. In other words the 2 should never touch. The chemical makeup causes corrosion that's why manufacturers use coated fasteners and some body shops have a separate room for working on aluminum. And if you don't have a welder how about some panel bond? He'll have a BBQ and invite "D" man over for a day
Christian, I gotta side with Eric here on this one.
Unfortunate patching steel with aluminum is a very bad idea. It creates a galvanic reaction between the two different metals, and your repair will not be successful or last long. I strongly encourage you to do some research on the subject. Repairs should always be made with like materials. Steel with steel, aluminum with aluminum. I’d hate to see you go through all the effort just to have a catastrophic failure with it and have wasted all that time and money.
If you don’t have access to a welder, Eric’s suggestion of using panel bond is a highly effective alternative, much better than using rivets. Advantages of panel bond include elimination of warping due to heat, as well as equal or even superior strength. No drilling required.
Give it some thought.
I know you’re not gonna want to hear this, but you need to stop immediately and repair it correctly or else you’re doomed to failure before you even finish.
Unfortunate patching steel with aluminum is a very bad idea. It creates a galvanic reaction between the two different metals, and your repair will not be successful or last long. I strongly encourage you to do some research on the subject. Repairs should always be made with like materials. Steel with steel, aluminum with aluminum. I’d hate to see you go through all the effort just to have a catastrophic failure with it and have wasted all that time and money.
If you don’t have access to a welder, Eric’s suggestion of using panel bond is a highly effective alternative, much better than using rivets. Advantages of panel bond include elimination of warping due to heat, as well as equal or even superior strength. No drilling required.
Give it some thought.
I know you’re not gonna want to hear this, but you need to stop immediately and repair it correctly or else you’re doomed to failure before you even finish.
X4(?) on the 3M panel bond; that stuff is dee shizzle! I did the rear quarter patches with it.
That's no good T you see not only will it bring on galvanic corrosion there's the fact that Chris is in extreme weather conditions that car could be -20° and 100° in the same year. Aluminum and steel expand and contract at very different rates. Now factor in the body fillers witch we all know can crack and think about the mess it can cause. The first thing that will start is the corrosion. Sounds crazy but it all ready has. Then over time the rivet heads start pooping the plastic soon after there's cracking that let's in moisture that speeds the corrosion. it's a snowball effect that gets faster as it goes downhill
You dont happed to have any spares of those oldsmobile dog dish hubcaps do you??
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