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Would araldite hold a disc brake mount on to a frame or fork?
the right grade, with the right application conditions would.
unfortunately the right conditions are rarely achieved.
not the grade you buy at B&Q either.
so in summary; yes but NO.
WTF 😯
Tries not to laugh too hard.
It'll be fine as long as you don't brake. 😆
If the mount wrapped around the stay or fork leg and there was enough mating area, I'd feel confident enough. If it was a flat joint there's the risk of peeling forces and then I wouldn't feel safe.
am thinking that stuff I got from Screwfix cured atop a radiator?
You'll be fine 😆
NFC IMHO
i would rather ride knowing i only have one brake than think i have two, to suddenly find i only have one
al are you taking the piss or really retarded?
Hmmmm well it's only under compression and a bit of torsion right?
Ralph like you have a clue!!??
am thinking that stuff I got from Screwfix cured atop a radiator?
You mean it plugged a small hole with not that much pressure behind it?
Bit different to the sudden and quite large forces envolved with braking.
Still give it a go and see what happens. 😆
cynic-al - Member
Ralph like you have a clue!!??POSTED 4 MINUTES AGO # REPORT-POST
and you obviously do because you had to ask on here
stu - think he means glue it on and let the ehat of the radiator cure the glue
No stu as if I'd plug a rad with epoxy 🙄
your response speaks onlY of your own ignorance!
Sorry i can't understand the scotish accent. 😉
Jeez even RobJ gets it (no offence Rob).
well tbh you lot on here are only well informed enough to give this level of advice
LOL, if you do please where a helmet cam the first time you take a ride on it!
Yeah stu colour Qs are for noobs!
Get some some carbon cloth too and wrap mount to fork leg borrow some kind of vacuum packing thing and you should be golden.
All this goading is getting to me.
I'm being bullied!
Carbon cloth? Where from?
Editing confusion. 😆
coloured epoxy with a different accent is bound to do that.
No stu as if I'd plug a rad with epoxy
I've repaired rads with Araldite.
I also once repaired a crankcase with it. Lasted two seasons too. 8)
al - seroius qs now:
what fork?
whats it made from?
how big is the surface area of the mount?
how can you get it dead on square?
Edited for being thick. Doh.
Rob various, various, dunno, of course!
SBZ back under your bridge 🙄
ah just realised what this is for - the phat bike fork?
why bother zip ties work fine if it is post mount an dyou stick at 160 mm. Odd bot of rubbing but it does the job
personally I would peg it with dried wooden stakes - the ones you are saving in case you meet TJ shuld be ideal- into the holes then hope the glue expanded the pegs as well. Failing that just use holy water to exapnd the pegs
HTH
Uh? No.
Heh LOLOLOLOLOL drunkyard!
The idea re the bolts is quite good tho.
use JB weld, they glued a V8 engine together with it and then used it for a racing season as a test it's miracle stuff!
I actually know someone who built a bike using the industrial version to mate carbon and aluminium tubes together for a project and it's still in use 7 years later!
Just weld it or get it welded.
No, because it is not strong enough in shear compression or tension. The fact you don't see bonded caliper mounts in the industry is a fairly good clue. Plus Araldite is only heat resistant to 120 degrees, it's not a product to be using near any source of heat.
And what a silly question. I'm guessing it was posted for amusement.
Not at all waderider, do you really think your frame gets up to 120?
Please!
No cynical-al, it's a matter of factors of safety.
Surely a hose clip around it would be fine.
Didn't Luke bodge a disc mount out of Meccano?
Go for it. What's the worst that'll happen?
Will you have another brake.
What's the worst that'll happen?
The caliper detaches, and centrifugal forces throw it into the spokes. The caliper and attached hose lock up the back wheel, causing you to lose control. A passing big bus full of school kids takes evasive action and hits an oncoming petrol tanker. Sixty Four children, one bus driver, the tanker driver, three pedestrians and another cyclist with a beard on a Brompton are all barbecued to death. Two car drivers and yourself suffer terrible burns. This outcome is worse than death for you because you will spend the rest of your life scarred, a social leper and outcast, because you where foolish enough to use Araldite in an incorrect application. You will ponder this for years while you do a rolling Niki Lauda impersonation.
Meanwhile, a river of petrol from the tanker has run through an old folks home, causing a raging inferno that crisps 23 geriatrics and 6 care workers. Some of the petrol also gets into a local river and kills all the wildlife, including some cute dippers (I like dippers).
Finally, the draught caused when the bus took evasive action will cause a cyclone over the Northern Territories of Australia, via the butterfly effect. This will wipe out Darwin and Palmerston, killing 7.61% of the population, and putting economic development in the region back 32 years.
You still get into heaven because of the death of the Brompton rider.
Alternatively you'll hear a slight crack whilst applying the rear brake, and use the front brake to pull up. This is the outcome I prefer 😯
😀
Hmmm online source for carbon now found!
what is the mount going on?? (ali or Carbon)
if it is ali then get a mount TIG welded on.
if it is carbon then buy a carbon sheet and bond them together and drill holes to suit.
or just buy the correct forks??
oneoneoneone - Member
....or just buy the correct forks??
Some people are no fun at all 🙂
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I suggest reading up on the WEST system - mainly boat oriented but useful info.
Could it be done? Yes though as has been suggested earlier you'd definitely want some cf matting in there to make it more of a composite affair rather than matrix/epoxy alone.
That said, I wouldn't do it myself except maybe on a frame rather than fork - forks with disc mounts are pretty cheap and abundant now, even for road.