zilspeed
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:23 PM |
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Name the metal
Broken part on the NSR door handle of the new Zilbus.
Two questions.
1) what is the metal ?
2) Can I repair it ?
(It's £47 for a new handle assembly, and it's a cnut to strip out from a scrappy one.)
 
Pin 1
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:25 PM |
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I would say its a cast light alloy of some kind
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PaulBuz
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:26 PM |
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commonly known as monkey metal round these parts.
Scrapyard time I think
ATB
Paul
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rgdavid
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:26 PM |
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i'd say its "craponium"
sorry
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:30 PM |
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can you fabricate one from steel?
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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clairetoo
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:31 PM |
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`Unrepairium' (allso called monkey metal here as well  )
Yep - it's scrapyard time !
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:35 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
can you fabricate one from steel?
Well, it's just a pin with some ears on it which turn the cams which pull the levers which work the catches which pull the levers which turn the
sprockets which pull the levers and bingo, the door slides back !
Err, yes, guess I could.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:43 PM |
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drill both bits and glue a rod in with epoxy resin or something? Easy and probably virtually nil cost?
As its frog box it will be some cack cast metal so you cant do alot with it apart from that.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 02:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
can you fabricate one from steel?
Well, it's just a pin with some ears on it which turn the cams which pull the levers which work the catches which pull the levers which turn the
sprockets which pull the levers and bingo, the door slides back !
Err, yes, guess I could.
I would get the gas bottles and do a bit of brazing 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 03:59 PM |
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It looks to me like what they call Zamak over here. A zinc alloy. Easy to cast but pretty well impossible to fix.
Scrappy or glue/mechanical repair IMO.
ETA It's called Zamak in English too apparently.
[Edited on 13/2/10 by MikeCapon]
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 05:27 PM |
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It's zinc based Zamac as Mike says and the only thing to join it is the HTS2000/Lumiweld sort of aluminium brazing rods.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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zilspeed
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 05:42 PM |
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I wombled this bit of steel rod.
 
I then put some weld onto the sides where the ears were and ground it back to the general shape which it was.
Thankfully, it seems to work.
That's another little job out of the way.
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mookaloid
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| posted on 13/2/10 at 07:38 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by zilspeed
I wombled this bit of steel rod.
I then put some weld onto the sides where the ears were and ground it back to the general shape which it was.
Thankfully, it seems to work.
That's another little job out of the way.
Sweet 
"That thing you're thinking - it wont be that."
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