Best metal to metal binding compound without weld

[Branny68]

I have well and truly screwed (literally) a fixing on my land rover to attach the roof bars.

I've snapped off a screw in the hole and whilst trying to remove it by a mixture of ez-out and drilling I now have a second screw snapped off and a snapped drill bit and a snapped ez-out bit stuck in there.

So I am giving that up as a bad job for now and opting for a different method of attaching the final (non load bearing) end of my roof bar.

I want to attach (without welding, which would damage the paint work) a nut just above the original hole and screw my bolt into that.

I was wondering if there were any tried and tested metal to metal adhesives that anyone had tried and would recommend?

Cheers

 

[lostinthelight]

Would it be posible to fit a thin sheet nutsert? Ive not got a lot of faith in adhesives for an application like yours.
http://www.avdel-global.com/en/products/threaded-inserts/thin-sheet-nutsertr.html
litl
Edit.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8...&hvtargid=kwd-979932526&ref=pd_sl_qnzrxscbj_e

 

[Branny68]

unfortunately i'm not able to use these as I cannot now get a hole in the place they need to go. The hardened steel will be nye on impossible to bore out

 

[Burnerman]

I'd be a bit concerned about your roof bars becoming detached here.....any chance of a pic?
True, you'll not drill snapped off bits but it could be possible to drill down along side and pick the debris out.
John

 

[Branny68]

I can get a pic when it's light. I'm never going to attach anything to the roof bars at the point of this fixing. It just needs securing a little stronger that a clip (current). the roof bars are attached with 3 other screws so they are secure. It's a real pain, but this is a temporary fix until I can bring myself to take it to the shop and get it fixed properly which will involve some sort of heat welding the original mount off for a replacement

 

[Belle427]

If you have to resort to an adhesive this stuff is some of the best around.
http://www.jb-weld.co.uk/

 

[Branny68]

cool, cheers. I will give that a try

 

[alan333]

Also check out Belzona E-Metal...

http://www.belzona.co.uk/en/products/1000/1211.aspx

 

[Branny68]

So, after trying jb-weld. the first bond didn't hold. It has been pretty cold outside. I left it 24 hrs and it popped off 2 mins later after fixing my mount.

I thought it might be down to the cold and the time I left it, so tried again with a little more patience. 48hrs and same result. I decided enough was enough and took it to a welders who has spot welded the nut in place. It took about 10 minutes and cost me £20. I now have piece of mind that it is securely fixed. Cheers for everyone's suggestions.

 

[Burnerman]

A good move....these compounds are great for gap filling in cracked castings and so on but they have little tensile strength.
John