Welding a really hard tiny piece of forged

[HackAsaw]

perhaps precision forged powdered metal perhaps.....

I suppose it may be diecast but I don't think so.

The piece is a snail that has a double d hole thru the center..... if I am carrying you too fast that simply means in hillbilly that it fits on a round shaft that has been slabbed on opposite sides

now the snail head is what pushes the clutch pushrod and it's tail is cammed over by the cable actuated clutch mechanism

Problem is they seem to make this one a bit on the puny side even though there is room for more meat...... which means when performance is increased beyond the pressure plate springs ability to keep the plates stuck together...... the additional needed spring pressure keeps these worrisome pieces splitting into two pieces at the two thinnest sections

such a shame.......

any suggestions....... even basic ones such as ID'ing the metal content prior to determining how to weld it would be good since it's not just your run of the mill tool steel...... I don't think so anyhow.

It's quite hard and quite strong even though not strong enough to work much harder than originally intended....... looks like the engineers nailed this piece just right and saved the company who knows how many bucks

It would be cool if having to CNC out a new stronger part wasn't the only next possible step

thanks
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[chip hayden]

can you file it? that will give some indication of it's hardness.

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HACKASAW.......... I'VE SEEN THE CLUTCH'S WHEN OVER ADJUSTED TEND TO OVER HEAT THE THRU ROD CAUSEING UNNECESSARY LENGTH REDUCTION........... LIKE OLD HARLEY'S THIS IS A HARDENED STEEL THRU ROD...........DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ROCKWELL HARDNESS IS BY CHANCE......... I WOULD THINK PURCHASEING A REPLACEMENT WOULD BE A BETTER OPTION......... HOWEVER IF SIMILAR TO A 1942 BSA I DOUBT THE PARTS ARE AVAILABLE................????............IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN I WOULD CONSIDER AQUIREING THE LENGTH OF THE ROD THRU RESEARCH AND TURNING ONE DOWN........... OLD HARLEY'S HAD 3 DIFFERENT LENGTH AVAILABLE........................YOUR CALL...........MY .02 CENTS WORTH...........................ROCK....
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[HackAsaw]

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file won't touch it and I'll get it's Rockwell number the first of next week and perhaps a bit more info including what kind of sparks fly out of it.

Pix too so you'll see what I'm talking about.

Nothing like the brit or hd stuff but thanks guys
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[chip hayden]

if a file glances off of it then it shouldn't be welded in it's present state. it should be annealed, welded,hardened, and tempered to it's present condition.