Looking for a K-600 horn.

[ejfud]

While placing some damping material on my K-600 horns I noticed one of them is cracked in the threaded area. So I'm looking for a replacement or and suggestions on fixing the current one.

Thanks as always for your your help.

[Guest " "]

There's 3 pairs in the landfill that services NYC....spring cleaning came late, and my head was turned ....you know the rest of the story.

[ejfud]

Don't tease me like that. I'm feeling bad enough about the situation as it is.

[Groomlakearea51]

Check with a welder; if it can be welded, great. Then use a tap and die set and clean up the threads and it should be fine. A good welder may be able to do it without distorting the threads.

[ejfud]

I'll check into that. Thanks.

Here's the carnage

[TRiv]

Probably best to find another. Welding not a cost effective or easy, I TIG weld aluminum usually 6061-T6 and some cast, which the 600 horn is and I wouldn't try it, to small a piece to weld on, welding aluminum takes a lot of heating on the parts and must be free of paint and very clean, tough on the horn casting, further, the tap size for threads is not common.

You could try JB Weld , available at auto and harware stores, a two part epoxy used with a lot of success for automotive casting repairs. If you sparingly put a little on the cracked surfaces of the two parts and "glue" them back together being carefull not to get any on the threads, making sure to hold them together tight until epoxy sets up. When set, rough up the outside edges of the repaired crack with file or sandpaper, then add more JB Weld to the outside of the crack repair to build up more thickness to the repair. After that sets up you could add a hose clamp to the outside to add even more strength to the repair, reinstall KV-55 driver and dont over tighten.

This is just a repair option, another horn would still be better, but a repair just may work. Good luck!

[Guest " "]

Probably best to find another. Welding not a cost effective or easy, I TIG weld aluminum usually 6061-T6 and some cast, which the 600 horn is and I wouldn't try it, to small a piece to weld on, welding aluminum takes a lot of heating on the parts and must be free of paint and very clean, tough on the horn casting, further, the tap size for threads is not common.

You could try JB Weld , available at auto and harware stores, a two part epoxy used with a lot of success for automotive casting repairs. If you sparingly put a little on the cracked surfaces of the two parts and "glue" them back together being carefull not to get any on the threads, making sure to hold them together tight until epoxy sets up. When set, rough up the outside edges of the repaired crack with file or sandpaper, then add more JB Weld to the outside of the crack repair to build up more thickness to the repair. After that sets up you could add a hose clamp to the outside to add even more strength to the repair, reinstall KV-55 driver and dont over tighten.

This is just a repair option, another horn would still be better, but a repair just may work. Good luck!

yeah...this is screaming gel super glue to me...put a thin line on both pieces...join..hold for 30 seconds...let dry 24 hrs...yuor probally going to trash it anyway so what's to loose.