Well, with regards to the previously mentioned starter
fix with superglue, I don't know if superglue is
conductive or not, but let the voice of experience tell
you that JB weld is NOT.
An old bug I used to work on once began eating generator
brushes at an alarming rate. A quick peek at the
armature showed that one of the many contacts that the
brushes ride on had ventured out on it's own, leaving a
nice little gap that would take little bites out of the
brushes as it went around. The quick fix (or so I
thought), was to fill in the gap w/JB weld, then sand
it smooth. This I did, & all looked well. That is,
until startup.
It looked as if Satan himself was being exorcised
from the inspection hole in the generator. Smoke &
sparks galore, not to mention the sound of arcing
electricity accompanied by the smell of burning JB
weld. I came to the rapid conclusion that JB weld
should not be used to mend VW generator armatures, &
shut it down.
I'm still a firm believer tho in the miraculous
healing powers of JB weld on other things, such as
crack in the side of a TH350, but that's another story-
with JB weld in hand-
dstone@sc9.intel.com
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