Araldite, Uses

[Burnham Bob]

In the days before car engines were just a collection of anonymous black boxes I repaired a cracked distributor cap with araldite and it outlasted the car.

 

[Neil_Y]

It is very good for bedding shaft bearings, the 2011 precision, blue/white tube is ideal as it has a low melting/softening temperature but it is very sticky. It can be thickened with Talc and used as a bedding or if it is warm and it starts to run. We also recommend it for fitting underwater bolts/parts to prevent them loosening by vibration. Rather than a locktite/thread lock.

So not good for temperatures greater than 40C which your brakes will be.

 

[Laurie]

Used it once, many years ago to build up the tooth on a primary drive sprocket for a Honda CB 125. It worked.

 

[oldgit]

It also provided a "temporary" fix to a corroded water jacket/cylinder head joint in a ancient Hillman imp.Was still OK when car was sold a few years later.

 

[Talbot]

A long time ago in a different aquatic life, it was well understood that a mechanic with a hammer, some araldite and duct tape could repair just about anything.

 

[surekandoo]

After doing some research, it looks like it will start to degrade at 65 degrees C

Ah well £50 to buy some brake parts.

Been there, done that. Why don't they rivet the linings on any more?

 

[Alfie168]

I dripped warm Araldite onto a leak on the heater matrix of my ancient (t)rusty Peugeot 204 in the 1970s ( the matrix was a pig to remove and I had no money for a new one anyway). It lasted the rest of the car's life, but under any high heat of any consequence Araldite just falls to bits, so deffo not brake linings. In fact I'm now wondering how they do bond brake linings on to shoes?

Tim

 

[ffiill]

Just had bad experiences with the genuine araldite recently-doesnt seem to be as effective.
Some of the best was from "The Wharehouse" over in NZ-combine "Go outdoors" with Woolworths and BandQ and you have the Wharehouse.