what kind of metal is the engine made of off a warrior? can it be welded?

 

I believe it is cast aluminum, which every one I have talked to said it can be welded, but is very difficult. If your chain guard broke off, JB Weld is a quick, cheap fix.

 

master welders can weld cast aluminum..I think it's tig welding,it is pretty hard and probley will cost you a good amount of money..

where did it brake??

 

it broke right at header. there is a curved pipe connected to muffler, this curved pipe is held onto engine(header) with two bolts. the one bolt snapped off and is not wanting to come out with a remover. on the other side there is a bracket type piece built onto engine that the other bolt screws into, and this completely broke off. so i cannot drill out and re-tap. so i was thinking welding pipe straight onto engine then welding curved pipe onto that pipe.

 

you can't weld steel onto aluminum.

 

they make aluminium pipe...

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: blazintrees

it broke right at header. there is a curved pipe connected to muffler, this curved pipe is held onto engine(header) with two bolts. the one bolt snapped off and is not wanting to come out with a remover. on the other side there is a bracket type piece built onto engine that the other bolt screws into, and this completely broke off. so i cannot drill out and re-tap. so i was thinking welding pipe straight onto engine then welding curved pipe onto that pipe.</end quote></div>

nope sorry your screwed.sorry to say,but the good thing is sometimes you can find heads pretty cheap on ebay..They are the same exact one the older Wolverines use..

 

Yeah it would be better to just buy a used head. They are easy to find and cheap.

 

I had a case cover welded once on my 86 LT230. It broke right across an important bolt hole. I thought it was aluminium, the machinist told me it wasnt as soon as he saw it. He said he didnt know what exactly it was but some sort of alloy maybe part aluminium. He was a confident dude, he siad he would find out what it was and fix it bolt hole and all. He did but I forget what he said it was made of. It cost me around $60.

 

its like an aluminum alloy magnesium die cast...lol and yes and can be welded but u need to know how to weld aluminum very well and you need a TIG,and JB weld sucks...they make an epoxy just for those cases works way better than crappy JB