cracked throttle handle 5.5hp 1959

[crosbyman]

I have a crack on one side of the two part throttle/steering handle …

motor must have been dropped and caused a slight bend which caused the crack (about 1/16 to 1/8 is offset)

are the throttle handles made of aluminum if so I will try to realign it and weld it with those rods alumiweld… or something…

thanks

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• This topic was modified 3 years, 11 months ago by crosbyman.

[David Bartlett]

Yes they are aluminum. Also the same part was used on many millions of motors so if you can’t fix it is easy to replace.

David Bartlett
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[crosbyman]

ok thanks… I had those welding rods for years in the cupboard in the shed and only used them last year on my “new” to me” 14 foot aluminum boat…. the 2 back corners that had splits I followed the instruction and they worked out pretty well so I give it try when I tackle it later on this year

… keeping this “gift to me” for my next winter project 🙂 If I break the other half trying to line up the crack I’ll go hunting for a new handle

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[crosbyman]

update: tiller fixed

with the left side half, cracked in two I was going to try welding but resorted to Permatex STEEL WELD epoxy with great success !

I welded the crack with just a touch of epoxy and reassembled the tiller with screws and electrical tape to line up the parts perfectly ..like a broken leg bone

after an hour I split the tiller back in it’s two separate parts to access the inner side of the broken half. I washed out all the grease/oil , scraped the surface with my Dremel tool for a better grab.

The parts being hollow there was lots of space to coat the inner surface with epoxy over the crack and for added rigidity I just soaked in a few 2.5 inch spiral galvanized nails over the crack

Perfect fit , extremely solid and a cheap fix 🙂 Now I just need to figure those darn tiller gears…

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[fleetwin]

Is it an Evinrude or Johnson? I just happen to have a tiller handle from a 1959 Evinrude….

[crosbyman]

Evinrude Golden Jubile 1959 Thanks for mentioning it but frankly the repairs look perfect and already coated with fresh paint 🙂 Save that tiller 🙂

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[fleetwin]

Cool! I have been so upset lately, my work shop has been more of a dumping ground than man cave. Finally spent a couple of days going through most everything, remembering all the good stuff I have “collected”, that is when I found the Golden Jubilee tiller handle. Now, I can enjoy doing a few projects, but it won’t take long to mess the shop all up again….

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