Uh-oh (cracks in front crossmember)...

[vwdaun@yahoo.com (Daun Yeagley)]

--- cwass99@rogers.com wrote:
>      Something else you might think about as a very short
> term, extremely
> temporary, measure is stop drilling the cracks. 
> Actually, you should do that
> regardless, but you want to weld and get the plate in as
> quickly as possible. 
> Stop drilling is basically using a small ( about twice
> the thickness of the
> crack) drill bit and putting a nice round hole right at
> the end of the crack. 
> This spreads the forces over a larger area (the inside
> circumference of the
> hole) and will (usually) stop the crack from spreading. 
> This is a very common
> technique in aircraft repair (

That's where I learned the trick, and that's how I stopped
my (relatively minor) cracking over a year ago.  However,
I'm planning on one of the Ron Wood bars this summer when
the 2.0 goes in.


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Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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