HI Thomas:
A very effective means of attaching rubber/steel together is to use crazy
glue. It is even more effective when joining rubber to rubber. I have
been using a crazy glued engine mount in my Chrysler 300B for over 15
years. It has resisted all that torque and still is holding.
John McEwen
>My crankshaft pulley finally gave up the ghost. The two halves had
>delaminated at the outer portion could move front-to-rear about 1/2".
>Not a good thing.
>
>I took the pulley off and seperated the two halves. The outer portion
>still had the rubber bonded to it. I roughened up the surface of the
>inside hub with emery cloth and thoroughly cleaned off the residue. I
>lightly 'scratched' the rubber material and thoroughly cleaned it.
>
>The two halves would still fit together rather tightly, so I decided I
>had nothing to loose. I put blue silicone sealer/adhesive to both parts,
>clamped them tightly together, and put them in the oven overnight.
>
>The resulting pulley appeared to have enough strength. In order to
>relieve stress on the unit, I removed the heavy metal cooling fan and put
>in an electric unit. I just drove 130 miles back to school (2 hours @
>4000 rpm). The pulley is still intact.
>
>I doubt my repair is permanent, but what the hell, it keeps me on the
>road.
>
>Thomas James Pokrefke, III
>1970 MGB
>thomas_pokrefke@juno.com
>http://ocean.st.usm.edu/~pokrefke
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