Call me crazy..... but I need an Iron Head

[Bruces]

I have been known to make from scratch and -or repair damaged aluminum boats and sometimes it’s just impossible to get the last spot to stop dripping ,old aluminum and it’s tough to get the contaminants out of the crack just makes it tough to weld .Anyways ,a little 2 part epoxy has saved the day countless times and I am sure it would work on your Harley tranny case .Drain it for a week or more ,shoot brake cleaner at it several times in that week ,and try some 2 part 5 minute epoxy and you should be just fine .Success is totally dependant on you cleaning it correctly so if it fails try it again .

[GypsyR]

Originally Posted by Bruces

Anyways ,a little 2 part epoxy has saved the day countless times and I am sure it would work on your Harley tranny case .

You might be right. I keep epoxy around and have used "Marine Tex" in years past to plug actual gaping holes in the case of race bikes before. OK, and at least one jon boat. In the case of my old bike, nope. I can live with that it drips a tiny bit over knowing I have gooped some putty on the bottom of it. That's just me. 30 years ago my ex-wife called this bike my "first born child". Epoxy might work and no one would ever know it's there. But I would, and it would bug me. I'm not a perfectionist or anything, that bike has a ton of issues. Just certain things I can't quite deal with. But thanks for taking the time for making the well thought out suggestion, I do appreciate that. If I wasn't weird about this bike I'd do it.