22-08-16, 04:05 PM
(This post was last modified: 22-08-16, 04:07 PM by JD-LincsUK.)
It looks like the brackets on mine both broke at the right-angle 'elbow' point.
I've bought some aluminium strip from B&Q and it seems good enough for the job. I had a bike mechanic friend check it for me and he's happy it'll all be okay.
Just got the blow torch today (my pencil torch took so long to heat it up to the required 300+°C that it ran out of gas :lol ) so I'll be doing the job tomorrow.
It's clear to me now that the holes were either caused because a previous owner had fixed the radiator at 12 and 6 o'clock only and it had just vibrated around the axis and was too close to the radiator or, looking at where the leaks are, it might even have happened when the thrid fixing point broke and may have been bodge-repaired with the putty I found.
I've bought some aluminium strip from B&Q and it seems good enough for the job. I had a bike mechanic friend check it for me and he's happy it'll all be okay.
Just got the blow torch today (my pencil torch took so long to heat it up to the required 300+°C that it ran out of gas :lol ) so I'll be doing the job tomorrow.
It's clear to me now that the holes were either caused because a previous owner had fixed the radiator at 12 and 6 o'clock only and it had just vibrated around the axis and was too close to the radiator or, looking at where the leaks are, it might even have happened when the thrid fixing point broke and may have been bodge-repaired with the putty I found.