Reply To: Belzona For Drive Shaft Repairs?

[billw]

There is a well-respected shop in my area that uses it to repair pitted hydraulic ram surfaces, with good results, when that’s the only solution. We have repaired a few rotted through aluminum engine blocks with it and the repairs have lasted for a good number of years, in salt water. I think it is better than Marine Tex, by a mile. I dunno about running a seal lip on it, though; and the stuff is very expensive. But I will definitely be looking forward to your results! I ALMOST used it on a badly pitted, 1970 4 hp Merc driveshaft, but finally figured a way to make something resembling a speedi-sleeve. (Before anyone asks, it took like a zillion hours of experimentation and work, to save a $50 motor. It was more the principle of the thing. Actual Speedi-Sleeves are not available in a size that small.)

Long live American manufacturing!