Best way to bond “pot metal”

[skyhighZJ]

Broke a piece on my power awning for the camper when I was replacing the canvas. I have found replacement parts but it won’t be here in time for me to take the camper with me this coming Thursday. Is there any viable way to bond these two pieces back together?? Need it fixed ASAP!

 

[braxton357]

If you've got a body shop friend with some panel bonding epoxy, that's the way I'd go. That stuff makes jb weld look useless. Really the only option you have other than stealing one off some one else's camper

 

[Tom@Hilltop_Machine]

Maybe silver solder it?

 

[Mac5005]

Fusor epoxy,

Silver solder

Cross drill and Stitch with zip ties and Jb weld.

 

[rockcity]

Braze it maybe. Or some good ol JB

 

[Fabrik8]

What attaches to it; is there a strut or something that slides over it? Have a picture of an un-broken one, as part of the assembly?

You could get creative and bond some reinforcing ribs or whatever to it, but that only works if there's areas that aren't being covered up by something else and are therefore able to have something else bonded to them. There's plenty of bond area on the front side or the back side, assuming that the area is usable. Good structural adhesive can be a few thousand psi, assuming you have access to something like that. Not JB Weld, which is junk. Well, maybe JB Weld would work, if you had a lot of bond area and your loads were very low.

 

[rockcity]

The other solution is to just make a new one out of real metal. Looks like that’s the support that attaches to the RV to let the slide out. Should be a simple job fabricating a new one and be be done.

 

[skyhighZJ]

Well I bond the panel adhesive. Cleaned everything back to bare metal and laid it on yesterday. Came out this morning and it’s still not hard. Out of time and options so I made a little bracket to hold it in place.

 

[rockcity]

Paint it white and it’s temporary permanent.