Broken Frame Help

A kid backed in to my 97 with his grandma's car and broke my frame at my right side rear set mount. Sad but true I never did like these after market rear sets that the pegs don't fold up like stock ones do which I thought this would happen if the bike went on it's side. Take a look at the last two pics on this page for details.
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Insurance totaled it. I purchsed it back and plan to fix it eather welding it (I hope not having to take the bike apart to do) If I do have to take it apart to get a good weld I may try to make a clamp of some sort. Anyone have some idea's on a good clamp? If that doen't work I will start looking for a used frame insted of fixing this one and get the salvage mark off my bike(it was totaled once all ready by me and I rebuilt it)

 

man that sucks. sorry to here that it broke, too. Thought I am no expert welder (i can barely weld as it is lol) I would think to get a real good weld that will hold you wil have to disassemble so you can get to the backside of the frame. Also remember your frame is aluminum so the welding technique is different than welding steel or iron (but you probably knew that). I am not sure what kind of clamp wold owrk best to hold the rearset at the correct orientation so it wont be off kilter after the weld.

 

Ya I know welding alumium takes allot of talent and know how or you trash the peice (hence my frame). I have some qualified guys some of my locals used all ready to fix thier frames. This is one of them.
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A clamp system will work...just wont look pretty. Thats why I asked for ideas on a better way then I'm thinking. For the ones that don't know my 97....it has every possible upgrade/gadget/widget possible.

 

what kind of clamp are you thinking about using. you would just need to hold it in place long enough to weld it right? would a small beam clamp or something similar work? or how about meduim sized spring clamp, like some lamps have.

 

Not sure what the clamps are like you mentioned if you can post details. One I thought of is sort of a bolt with a washer and nut on the inside of the frame,the bolt threw the rear set hole/mount bracket and anotehr washer/bolt on the out side samwitched all to hold torqued to the max.

 

Well, the spring type clamp I am thinking of could be most complared to a potato chip bag clip, but heftier. Beam clamp may not have been the correct term. I waslooking at ebay and what they show as a beam clamp proabably wont work.

Here are some pics of clamps at Home Depot: http://cgi.ebay.com/Qty-25-6-Spring-Clamp-w-PVC-Handle-Case-Lot_W0QQitemZ300003816670QQihZ020QQcategoryZ43574QQssPageNameZWD9VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem. The two I am thinking of are the spring clamps and the Bar clamps.

 

I'm thinking of a type of clamp that will hold it in postion perment/good enough to hold my body weight.

 

If you remove the exhaust and heat shields there may be sufficient space to work. They could farbicate a small plate to place behind the broken tab. Weld the plate to the frame above and below the tab and then weld the tab to the plate and the frame. If they are clever, it would look fine and be stronger than new.

 

Thats also what I'm thinking also as a possible fix.

 

Real difficult to weld anything cast and have it hold for its intended purpose. Cast aluminum is inherintly contaminated and heli arc welding is usually done on pure metal.