of course then there are those times when you absolutely must do this because no banjo housings with the same mounts are available.
the houshing had been patched at several times in the past
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it even had bondo on it if you can believe that
but never had whoever who had tried to repair the cracks had even bothered to check it for straightness
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After I had it all gouged out and cleaned up I had to heat it and pull it back straight in 2 directions,
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then everything had to be held in place to weld it up
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Cheaper to get another? possibly! but not at the expense of having to wait weeks to find one. I had the guy back on the road over the weekend.