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cast steel holes filler?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:33 pm
by CBPayne
If you have .25" hole or smaller in cast steel, would you mig or tig the hole closed? Or braze it. Need to be able to retap it. I apologies if this is a dumb question.

Re: cast steel holes filler?

Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 2:50 pm
by ejpoter
I would Braze it shut.

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Re: cast steel holes filler?

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 12:30 am
by AKweldshop
If its dirty/oily/rusty your better off brazing it with a little flux.

~John

Re: cast steel holes filler?

Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:55 am
by CBPayne
I appreciate the responses. That's what I was thinking, but I was in a rush. We're out of gas for the torch and I don't have any rods. So I use the mig to fill them. I drilled two small holes in my lower triple tree clamp to mount new steering stops. They didn't turn out like I wanted. One was threaded for a m6 bolt and the other was a little bigger than 1/16 diameter. solved