broke carb emergency

[Narratis]

Well, my pin is all gnarled up anyway, so this would be a good option.
I was thinking about replacing it with some scavenged pin, but have yet to find anything that fits. Maybe I'll even make my own on the lathe... who knows
For now, a Q-tip will hold it together

 

[Narratis]

So the whole soldering experiment ended up an utter disaster. The solder would not adhere to the aluminum no matter what we tried, and the tower would just fall off.

I got lucky however, as my uncle decided to fire up his TIG-welder to try and replace the broken part with a brand new blob of bauxite. And guess what, it worked! He managed to weld a narrow column without melting the carb in the process.
This is what it looked like:

So after that I did some filing and measuring, eventually leaving me with a working piece!

 

[tjfisher38]

Did the jb weld hold over time ?