restoring broken off studs and prongs on pot metal trim?

[potze426]

I am looking for a glue that will work to restore those broken off studs and prongs on pot metal trim. OR a method to restore. The pcs. are already chromed. In most cases they can not be welded or not enough metal to drill and tap. Thanks.

 

[Brandy]

Hmmm....I drilled and tapped the ones on the back of my tail extensions. It worked very well. Other than that I would try J/B weld. But only after cleaning and degreasing the spots and roughing up with sandpaper. I doubt that it will hold under torque from a nut but worth a try. The spots I tapped were only the flat base of where the stud had been, there is enough meat there if you drill down carefully to just below the surface of the part usually. What part are you talking about? Or....you could spring for some Muggy-Weld low temp pot metal brazing rods and flux. That would be like welding new ones on.

 

[69Runner]

Stamped nuts come in many sizes - these can sometimes be glued to the back of the trim or emblem, then just use a screw as the stud.

 

[69a100]

Depending on where the break is, just do a small counter sink where it needs to be and use a drop of JB weld on it. I had no idea there was a nut thing like above? Looks pretty slick.

 

[potze426]

Thanks guys for your reply. I tried JB weld. cleaned it sanded it and let it set for 24 hours. Popped right off.

The trim I am talking about is the hood spear on a 63 Plymouth sport fury and the rear panels on each side of the license plate.

I also tried gorilla glue to no success. Please help.

 

[1962polara]

Try muggyweld.com lots of YouTube videos

 

[Brandy]

Try muggyweld.com lots of YouTube videos

That's what I use to weld pot metal, works great. Just don't breath the fumes and be patient and not cut corners. Follow directions. For about 60 bucks you can get a couple of sticks and some flux. Pricey but it's the only one that I'm aware of that's made for this specifically.

 

[Mike67]

Has anyone every used 2 part epoxy? One of my daughters science project required a quick repair ( robot car thing) I went to a RC Hobby shop and used it and that stuff was strong!

 

[Brandy]

I just used some 'Panel Bond" two part 3M stuff to bond sheetmetal to pot metal and it is hard as a rock. It is not deemed useful as an agent to stand up to a torsional load though, like a bolt and nut.

 

[potze426]

Thanks again for the additional input. I went to muggyweld.com and found this product to be a possible solution for repair involving torsional load situations. Thanks Ghostrider 67.

 

[potze426]

Thanks 1962 Polara.

 

[Dennis H]

Yeah, good luck with that. How about a picture?

 

[Brandy]

Your welcome, always glad to help...good luck, post pics, and let us know how it went.

 

[khryslerkid]

Thanks again for the additional input. I went to muggyweld.com and found this product to be a possible solution for repair involving torsional load situations. Thanks Ghostrider 67.

Let us know how it works out. Make sure there isn't any residue from what you have already used.

 

[gdrill]

I have often thought about drilling a hole into the base, screwing a small coarse screw into it, cutting off the head and building a stud over it out of something like JB weld. I haven't tried this yet but figured it would allow for torsion and not pop off being screwed in. I will give it a shot sometime when I get to the point of repairing some of my parts.

 

[khryslerkid]

If you have the material there, drill and tap (use a bottom tap to utilize every thread) Cut a stud to length, insert it useing red loctite. I think loctite might make something even stronger than red.

 

[Brandy]

Worked on my extensions. sawed the heads off of three bolts and screwed them down as tight as I dared. Put them on the car and tightened the nuts up they held just fine. You just have to have enough meat left to drill into.

 

[Jackpot50]

Tap #6-32 it will work 2 hood letters and 2 trunk letters have studs in them

 

[potze426]

Thanks Jackpot50. I will check this out.