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Originally Posted by JohnHL
Great advice, Jaymo!
Before wicking in the CA, would you recommend flushing the crack with a cleaner?
And if so, what do you prefer?
BTW Nothing cracked now, but this sort of thing shows up from time to time.
John
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My 2c... clean thoroughly with a strong evaporating solvent ie. acetone or CRC's red can brake cleaner.
Allow plenty of time for the solvent to dry out of the crack then use some industrial grade wicking adhesive to seal things up. I recommend Loctite 420.
I wouldn't even consider welding. It's anodized which would be considered a contaminant in the weld puddle so you'd have to abrade the oxide layer off the weld site down to raw aluminum. Old aluminum can be very tricky to weld, a tiny bit too much heat and that tab is liable to melt, turn to mush and drip right off the frame. Also you'd need to know what the particular alloy of aluminum that is to select the correct filler metal... I have no idea what alloy S&W used for these.
Cheers
Bill