JB Weld a Fluval?

[Hetepheres]

I have a broken (Dang - What do you call the thing on the top that the two tubes stick into that have the on/off valves?) Valve assembly, I guess.

Here are some pictures:

Hope you can see where the silver handle has broken off. Can I use JB Weld to put that back together and have it work? Do you think it will be strong enough or might it fail?

I don't think there are issues about toxicity because it is an outside component, but am I mistaken here?

Is it worth a try?

Hetep

 

[Jgray152]

JB Weld has little to no tensil strength so JB weld wouldn't work for you. You may wan't to find some Weld On products for plastics or some sort of 2 step epoxy.

Or, tell fluval to send you a new part through warrenty.

 

[Guapote]

Or, tell fluval to send you a new part through warrenty.

Good luck with that one. Those guys were tight with me. they wouldn't do it for me. I just bought another one....it was like $15.00

 

[killerlexus]

http://www.fluvalparts.com/servlet/the-43/20060/Detail

 

[Hetepheres]

Thanks, I guess a replacement part is what is needed. Just thought I'd try to save a buck.

I'm curious, though.

I'm in no way an engineer and I know that my father used to use JB Weld to fix parts of the engine in the car and it is a take-two-mix-together sort of glue. Why do you say it has no "tensile stregnth"? Isn't that a measure of how much stress it takes to break something?

Always willing to learn...

Hetep

 

[Jgray152]

JB weld is not a glue. Its a filler. There are different measurments of strength. I have used JB weld on engines as well but only in area where it doesn't need very much if any tensil strength. You can very easily snap JB weld in two pieces after its cured.

I suppose it would depend on where and how you use it. A thick bead will have more stregth than a thing bead. So it can have a good amount of strenth, but it depends on the situation.

For yours, I can't see it holding very well.

 

[Fishermoe14]

gorilla glue dat bish back together