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Originally Posted by Jajanken86
No not stock tails sadly. Running the Lexon tri-bar ones. Hmm I could borrow a Dremel tool or get help with one I guess. Never used one lol but I'm interested in hearing your suggestion anyway!
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It's a matter of getting the epoxy down into the area where the head of the fastener is molded into the fixture. Using the smallest spherical tip available, I would grind a single little slot radially just big enough to coax the epoxy in all around the head of the fastener with a pin or toothpick. I would jam a couple of the nuts together on the stud to make a little handle so I could rotate and wiggle the stud to work in the epoxy thoroughly.
The cool thing about JB weld is how much it responds to heat. Freshly-combined and heated to over 100F, it flows readily. Heated to about 150F tops, about as hot as anything would get baking in hot sun, it cures in minutes. For this job, I would let it slowly cure at room temperature for a full day.
I would also continue to be gentle with it afterward because that joint will never be as strong as it was before it worked loose. To reduce the temptation to crank down on the studs, use 2 gaskets when mounting the light.
Bonus tip with the JB Weld: If you start finding more uses for it, and a job requires more than one step, the remainder of the mixed epoxy can be cooled in a freezer for a couple days to prevent it from curing. When you're ready for the second layer, warm it up and go to town.
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Originally Posted by humfrz
Well, OK, be sure you use a right handed dremel tool and apply the JB weld in a clockwise manner ......  |
