10-10-2018, 11:47 AM
Dremel I have, thankfully. yours is not a bad idea. The only problem I can see with it is that I would only be using the last maybe 5/8" of the mount that I cut off, and that part is no longer shaped like the base of the mount. it deforms from a kind of squashed oval to a more circular shape at the end. since it's steel, I wouldn't be able to reshape it. i'm afraid if i use an improperly shaped bit like that there will be ugly gaps in the whole assembly. Maybe if there was some way to fill it...
Aluminum however.....I can mess with that. As you say, I can't turn a wrench, but i can light a torch, and I can solder/braze. some skills I picked up in totally unrelated fields. I'm currently cooking up a plan to assemble a new, correctly shaped mount out of aluminum and rubber, as was suggested by Cormanus. if that part of the plan works out, I can paint it with some sort of black automotive paint, and use the same to seal up the raw cut edge on the headlight stay.
Once I get my replacement Headlight Stay (already on order!) i'll know a lot more about whether or not my rough plan will work. when I do, i'll post it here before taking the hacksaw out.
Aluminum however.....I can mess with that. As you say, I can't turn a wrench, but i can light a torch, and I can solder/braze. some skills I picked up in totally unrelated fields. I'm currently cooking up a plan to assemble a new, correctly shaped mount out of aluminum and rubber, as was suggested by Cormanus. if that part of the plan works out, I can paint it with some sort of black automotive paint, and use the same to seal up the raw cut edge on the headlight stay.
Once I get my replacement Headlight Stay (already on order!) i'll know a lot more about whether or not my rough plan will work. when I do, i'll post it here before taking the hacksaw out.