steering stop on offside brake back plate

martin3619

3 February 2011 at 11:51 #48031

Hi all, Anyone got any ideas on how to fix this? What has happened is that the semicircular casting into which the steering stop screws has broken and all I am left with is half a hole – you can see the remains of the thread on the side of the hole.

Several possibilities – have the area welded up and a new hole drilled and tapped – not sure about this with 75 year old metal.
Or, drill and tap the unused area on the near side back plate so that there is a steering stop on both sides of the axle on the near side (I’ve seen this done on a 4 1/2).
Or use industrial adhesives to fix a new piece of metal, suitably drilled and tapped, to the broken section.

Anyone any experience of such a repair? Any advice?

thanks

Martin (P4)

martin3619

2 March 2011 at 11:29 #48089

to complete the circle and for anyone else with a similar problem, I have had a cylindrical piece of metal fixed into the original space, after a bit of machining out of the area. This cylinder was then welded to a flat piece of metal at right angles and fixed to the back plate with screws. The cylinder is suitably drilled and tapped to take the new steering stop.

Now all I have to do is re-attach it to the car…….