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Posted by: bcheney Apr 2 2014, 09:05 PM

My shift lever in the 6 conversion is broken. It's rotating and looks like the weld broke free. See video to see what I am talking about. Can this be welded or would it just be better to replace with a recoditioned unit?

http://youtu.be/TIEGxazKRJY

Posted by: AfricanHijinx Apr 2 2014, 09:07 PM

weld it back up

Posted by: Kirmizi Apr 2 2014, 09:18 PM

Had the same thing happen to mine a couple years ago.

Posted by: rdauenhauer Apr 2 2014, 10:00 PM

They werent welded but epoxied. Weld it. It'll never happen again

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Apr 2 2014, 10:54 PM

Be sure you get all the epoxy off before you weld it. You could zap it with a MIG ot TIG and do it right in the car. Won't get hot enough to hurt the plastic down below.

The Cap'n

Posted by: bcheney Apr 3 2014, 03:46 AM

QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Apr 3 2014, 12:54 AM)

Be sure you get all the epoxy off before you weld it. You could zap it with a MIG ot TIG and do it right in the car. Won't get hot enough to hurt the plastic down below.

The Cap'n

Thanks everyone!

Posted by: URY914 Apr 3 2014, 05:42 AM

I had the same thing happen. I mixed up some JB Weld and it has been holding for years.

Posted by: bcheney Apr 3 2014, 05:48 AM

QUOTE(URY914 @ Apr 3 2014, 07:42 AM)

I had the same thing happen. I mixed up some JB Weld and it has been holding for years.

Thanks Paul!

Posted by: jmalone Apr 7 2014, 05:30 PM

West system epoxy worked like a charm. JB weld would work well. There is a lot of contact area for the epoxy.