Has anyone tried to weld the kickstarter spring of a WD G3L. I have an AJS with a similar gearbox. the spring broke in the middle. Can I bronze weld it and fix it back? or replace the spring?

Warm Regards
Neil

Hi Neill,

I never tried to weld a spring,
But as it is a flexible carbon metal,
and from the nature of its work it moves and flexes all the time,
Even if it will appear to hold, it would probably be useless.
It should probably break within the few first kicks.
If soldered, the metal will not be fused together,
And the 2 ends will only be "Glued" next to each other
By the welding material.

Noam.

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Welding will surely take the temper out of the spring too, making it soft and rather un-springlike. Not really an option.

How many do you want? I think I have a good few NOS ones?

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Are these different from pattern ones? The one I broke had thinner wire, 1/8" and one turn less.

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A bungee cord would do a better job!

no Douglas it got to be a bit of motorcycle inner tube to look authentic

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These are coiled flat strip, not wire ones as on the BSA. They are all CP type ones, they are NOS and have been wrapped with wire as they originally were, so they didn't take up as much space. They are all the same width apart from one which is slightly wider and I'm not sure which model that is off. They are £10 each including the postage to the UK and just a little bit more for abroad.

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Alas, not for my M20...

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Hey Dave, the wider one (about 3/8") is the '48 on CP/GB AMC Ariel type.
Cheers, Mick.

Thanks for letting me know, will it fit into the CP box as it looks like it may last a little longer than the thinner ones

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Hi Hans,i just bought two at Netley,a French guy had a whole plastic crate full.
I picked one out and asked "how much mate?"he said "BSA M20 " i said "i know ,
how much ?" He said "three pounds for one","new old stock real BSA,no Indian crap here".I bought two,mail me and you are welcome to one FOC,i just need your
address.In hind sight,i should have bought the box full.
cheers Rick .

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Thanks Rick, PM sent!

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