I had some pitting on my bracket around the attaching holes and the coolant flow holes. I purchased a replacement from Corvette Central. When I opened the box, I was quite surprised at the quality of the bracket and very disappointed with the excessive stretch marks and deep groves. I quickly returned it and attempted to order a GM Restoration quality bracket from Paragon, and this time before I bought it. I asked about the quality and got the same response, about the quality, "the tooling is 60 years old what do you expect!"
A friend suggested to get the original bracket I had repaired; the bracket came back from a local machine shop. The cutout the sections around the holes and welded in a new piece of metal on both sides and ground them flat. The overall shape is great the holes line up.
My question is regarding the strength of the welded strong enough to hold the engine weight and torque? Should I use the repaired bracket, or should I search for a good used bracket?
A friend suggested to get the original bracket I had repaired; the bracket came back from a local machine shop. The cutout the sections around the holes and welded in a new piece of metal on both sides and ground them flat. The overall shape is great the holes line up.
My question is regarding the strength of the welded strong enough to hold the engine weight and torque? Should I use the repaired bracket, or should I search for a good used bracket?
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