94 max II Project

[Canadian_Zuk]

The tools are easy enough to make as well, I made a set in under 10 minutes when I was setting my machine up.

[xbunsenx]

Most likely the leak is your bearings. Making sure that they are greased up with marine grease will help if they are not too worn.

[Rabbit929]

I greased em with red synthetic water resistant grease, (good stuff) but I figured out it was mostly cracks and melt-holes around my heat shielding around the exhaust.

Unable to locate a plastic welder, I'm gonna try red RTV silicone for the time being just to see how it holds up.

Eventually I'm gonna fab up a heat shield that's about 1 inch bigger on all corners to cover the melt-holes, and seal it with a gasket.

[TravisW]

RTV won't hold very long, if at all. HDPE is a very waxy plastic that until recent advances in epoxy technology could only be fixed with plastic welding, and even now the special epoxy is pretty pricey, so plastic welding is still the cheapest method of repair. Harbor Freight has a couple different plastic welders, one for $40 without an on-board air motor (you have to hook it up to an air compressor), or one for $60 with its own air motor, both capable of reaching high enough temperatures to weld HDPE. You'll have to look elsewhere for HDPE welding rods since I haven't been able to find them there, supposedly zip-ties make good welding stock.

[Canadian_Zuk]

Zip ties! I never though od that

[Rabbit929]

RTV won't hold very long, if at all. HDPE is a very waxy plastic that until recent advances in epoxy technology could only be fixed with plastic welding, and even now the special epoxy is pretty pricey, so plastic welding is still the cheapest method of repair. Harbor Freight has a couple different plastic welders, one for $40 without an on-board air motor (you have to hook it up to an air compressor), or one for $60 with its own air motor, both capable of reaching high enough temperatures to weld HDPE. You'll have to look elsewhere for HDPE welding rods since I haven't been able to find them there, supposedly zip-ties make good welding stock.

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[JoeMeg]

Zip ties! I never though od that

Double check the material any particular batch is made of. I generally remember them being made of Nylon 6/6. I think UHMW is too soft for this application.