JB Weld - Its Many Uses

The first three instances below saved me a bunch of time and money, whereas the fourth just solved an aggrevating oil leak. I am curious to hear (and see) about any other unique situations that any of you fellow rodders may have used this stuff.

1. The heater hose fitting on my aluminum intake manifold split and was leaking. A little JB Weld and some gasket maker on the threads solved this problem.



2. I had a gas tank drain plug installed in my Camaro by having an O2 sensor bung brazed on when the tank was new. But when I went to remove the plug, it broke off. Nothing a little JB Weld can't fix.



3. The stock electric cooling fans on my 91' GTA got a little too close for comfort on my Be-Cool aluminum radiator. A local rad. shop wanted $50 to fix it with no guarantee. Again, nothing a little JB Weld can't fix. This has been in place for a couple of months now and seems to be holding fine.

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4. My Moroso air breather was leaking oil at the crimped seam. Although it wasn't much, any oil leaking is a pain. I sealed up the the crimp and problem solved.



Ed www.edgesz28.com

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my neighbor used it on some small holes in his Jeep instead of putty / bondo- sanded the rust off and used JB to fill the holes and then primed over....

Fixed a leaky (Small rust holes) oil pan about 5 years ago.................hasn't leaked since.

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Have a friend that fixes lawn movers that have throng rods through the block. Picks it back into place, cleans it good, then J_B"s it, then replace the rod. Wish I had a picture, it looked great, says he'd been doing for years.

my q jet on my 86 cutlass was leaking at the filter section. so i put a filter in the line and jb welded the threads in the carb and put the filter section in empty. cant even tell its there

used on a couple of occasions when those little vacuum plastic trees break off with the threads still in the intake. just gup it up and let it set a little bit, and your off to the races.

also used to fill the upper intake port that lead to the egr on my fox body 5.0. better than a spacer with the block off plate. also used to fill the tubes that come off the back of the intakes to the a.i.r. pump. eliminated the emission, but not the equipment. still passed inspection also.

used to fill in holes on the cat converter so it would stop whistling.

fixed a loose and leaky tranny tube

i keep this stuff right next to the duct tape in the tool box

Sounds like a plain to me. Wait a minute, I'll get my hat and go get some just in case. Its always better to have and not need than need and not have.

I use it to fix cracked steering wheels. The old plastic type. The JB Weld has the same hardness as the old plastic so its easy to sand and blend. And it doesn't recrack if flexed a little.

i can't tell you the amount of stuff I've fixed with that. It's better than duct tape.

Wait just one minute OldSchool! Nothing surpasses man's greatest invention.

lol

I jb welded a busted radiator seam in a '76 olds 98 with a 455 once. it held.

and NOT that I'd know, but if you screw up and punch out the wrong hole for the PCV on an edelbrock airfilter base, You CAN jb weld that sucker up if you use the new jb weld putty. not that i'd know... want pics?

JB'ed a leaky diff cover, no problems till it leaked somewhere else, then somewhere else, etc, now i have a diff cover made entirely of JB.

How about the exhaust manifold studs, now held in by good ol' JB. Or the leaky gas tank safely welded by none other than JB. Then there's the not so safe but it worked, bendix bolts (for the caliper) held in the spindle by JB. Oh..oh..oh. then there was that time in high school where I JB'ed a guy's lock closed.

This stuff is the greatest mechanical invention since the internal combustion engine.

I wonder if JB stands for Jim Beam? I know it does in my mind.

i used to use this stuff all the time when i had some, went and picked up some more... hmmm what needs some jb weld now


awesome stuff

some kids at my old high school JB'ed some dude's door shut.

Its kinda funny, but that's a lot of destruction!

K

When I use to machine parts I would use Devcon Metal-Filled Epoxie for repairs. I've seen JB Weld crumble apart after a few years in certain applications so I got the Devcon from McMaster-Carr. This stuff is non-shrinking and bonds to iron, aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, bronze, alumina, brass, wood, ceramic, glass, plastic and plastic steel. Non-rusting and resist most chemicals. All are two-part epoxies and can be drilled, tapped, and machined (unless noted).

Non-JB Weld idea. Something my brother discovered that works great for filling cracks, holes and building up of material on plastic, ceramic and other simular materials is Super Glue and Baking Soda(not powder). My brother repaired a tail light housing on our brother-in-laws 2000 Saturn. Apply the glue and then add baking powder to build up where you need material. He also repaired a ceramic heater socket that had broke into dozen pieces. The glue and baking soda create a very strong bond.

Used it to fix a split down the side of the carb on my 46 IHC pickup...I really didnt want to have to try to find one of those for free...I cant help it if I'm cheap....