Topic: JB Weld in Australia

[troppo]

G`day Guys
I`ve been hearing about JB Weld for years now and from what i`ve read in here lately it really is incredible stuff.
Is there a distributor in Australia?
Is there a product that is just as good in Australia?
Thanks in advance
Troppo

[Terry in Australia]

You can buy it here now Trop, try your local auto parts store, I've seen it at Supercheap or Repco, I can't remember which. You can also buy Devcon here, possibly better than JB Weld, but bloody expensive too! Cheers, Terry.

[troppo]

Thanks terry
Its just that i cant say i have seen it anywhere, i`ll check for it and the Devcon you mentioned.
I did a google search but it didnt come up with any aussie retailers i recognised
cheers mate
troppo

[bill440cars]

You can buy it here now Trop, try your local auto parts store, I've seen it at Supercheap or Repco, I can't remember which. You can also buy Devcon here, possibly better than JB Weld, but bloody expensive too! Cheers, Terry.

      Morning there Terry, What about that Devcon? Is that something that is available over here as well? JB Weld is pretty good stuff and you say that Devcon is better? If it is available here, makes me wonder how much more it would cost?

                                 Later on, Bill

[malcolmgb]

It is available in the US Bill http://www.devcon.com/

[754]

I have here,

DEVCON
Plastic Sttel Putty(A)
10110

Original steel filled epoxy for patching repairing, rebuilding and bondingall metal surfaces.
*Can be drilled, tapped, machined and painted.

The above is what it says on the box. We used it a lot on fibreglass overlays that held steel plates for drill bushings at a truck manufactuting plant. because there was often additions and changes.. these plates were moved around a lot, and we would fill the holes up sand off and redrill sometimes overlapping part of the old holes.. I dont remember it ever falling out or breaking easily.

I know that some builder modify engine ports using Devcon or JB Weld, I think they use tiny screws as anchors but it seems to work well.

Stuff like a cracked Dyno cover would get fixed easily.iF you get it CLEAN first..

[rachet]

In my previous Life (job) I worked for a company that was a distributor for Devcon and I'll swear by it.  We got samples to play with and when it sets up you need power tools to work it.  I used some JB weld once and it's good, but I know Devcon is worth what they charge for it.

Just my two cents~

Rachet~

[bill440cars]

       Now, I have used JB WELD t repair the carburetor on my 69' road runner once. Don't remember how it happened, but a corner of the base on my Carter AVS carb, broke and I panicked! A buddy told me that it could be repaired with JB Weld and I thought, "RIGHT!" I cleaned the place where it had broken, prepared the JB Weld, put it together and clamped it. Went back later ( the required time) and carefully bolted the carb back on the intake and it was that way when I (regretfully) sold the car! I might add that there was also a vacuum passage in that area. So if this stuff is better that that (and I'm not doubting it), then, it must be great stuff!

                                Later on, Bill

[rachet]

Definitely, JB weld is good stuff.  The Devcon has a lot of "Tensile" strength, or so the Sales Rep explained.  The applications I used it in where more "fun" based then practical, but short of a jackhammer, there was no breaking it.

I would be comfortable using JB weld.  It just depends on what's available at the time.

Rachet~

[bill440cars]

        I can see that I'm going to have to check out the cost of this Devcon!


                             Later on, Bill

[754]

The giuy at the speedshop that was next door explained it this way,

A salesman came and tried to sell him the stuff, but he was leery of the strength of it.. so the salesman said watch this.
He had 2 valves glued together head to head with JB and asked to use the vise and a hammer. He clamped one stem in the vise and beat on the valve till it either bent right over or the stem seperated from the head  (somevalves are 2 pcs)

He was sold on it...

[Terry in Australia]

Yeah, I've got both JB Weld and Devcon in my garage, and I've always thought of JB weld as just lower end quality Devcon. It's certainly a lot cheaper.

I got onto Devcon when a mate threw a rod through the block of his V8 car miles from nowhere, and the old mechanic at the little garage out in the sticks had it back up and running sweet in one day, with a new rod, piston and valves, and by patching the hole in the block with Devcon. Like Bill's carb, it was still there, and oiltight, when my friend sold the car a couple of years later.

I've only used it for repairing the engine case on my old GS1000 based drag bike engine, it must have thrown a chain once upon a time, and it didn't bust through into the gearbox like CB750's tend to do, it just smashed off the half of the sprocket cover flange that sits above the sprocket. I just used some plasticine to make a "well" so I could mold the stuff between the engine case and the sprocket cover and dumped it in there, then used a die grinder to shape it once it set, and you wouldn't have known it wasn't OEM. I was even able to drill and tap it for the screws with no problems. Good stuff. Cheers, Terry.