Tack weld BMC/MAC Clutch

My clutches have been breaking so often that I am thinking about throwing in the towel and tack welding them.

I have been playing around with a 50 amp 120V stick welder but cannot get enough penetration to make a weld. I am a newbie welder BTW.

Has anyone else done this? Should I get a 1/16" welding rod?

TIA

LOL

I've seen it done and work reliably for some several thousand km.

Your plastic/composite gears and key on the shaft will be the next weakest links.

Just take it to someone with a beefy welder, 3min job

Thanks. I'm not running excessive power. My daughter just likes to jam on the throttle.

snowranger said:

Thanks. I'm not running excessive power. My daughter just likes to jam on the throttle.

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No worries, just keep in mind the motor will always be spinning afterward the mod so the extra drag from it will cause you to drain the battery a bit faster.

I never had any issues with geared motors, but I am very conservative with the throttle. I never even use the throttle from a dead stop, or at least try not to. It sure would be a bummer if my geared motor had such failures.

If this helps, I found a youtube video of someone welding the clutch. Welding is the easy part, but I am not sure how easy it would be to align or center the clutch before tack welding it. You could probably show this video to the local weld shop and inquire.. [Fast forward to 20:34 to see the welding process]

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Thanks. I watched the video. Not as easy or straightforward as I thought. There seems to be a couple different versions of clutches out there.