Weld or leave it be.

[Sven]

As you can see in te below picture. My 64 Varsity has another issue. The cable stop to the left ( front derailleur) on the down tube has been broken off. A Suntour double cable stop had been put in place.

Has anyone successfully remove the remains and welded a new piece to the down tube?
Thanks

 

[rusty_apache]

There’s a third possibility.
You could remove it, clean the mating surfaces and JB Weld it.
If it subsequently breaks off you could then have it TIG welded without burning off a lot of paint.

 

[juvela]

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A correct undamaged housing stop would be needed to attempt the JB Weld repair.

Alternately, one could make a hole in the replacement stop and frame tube so that a fastener could be used. When everything assembled the housing would hide the fastener.

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[Allrounderco]

I’m guessing the remains can be popped off with a chisel. I would plug weld a replacement on.

 

[Sven]

You know....all these discrepancies on this bike..make me believe that someone had made this a five speed .Why else would one break the cable stops off? And why is there a Huret cover and wingnut on the front derailleur shifter. And Sprint components the rear shifter.

Then someone decided to return it back.to a 10 speed..using a Suntour SPIRT front derailleur , the Suntour cable stop as well using Huret hardware for the shifter.....SPIRT....really????That's as close as Sprint they could come up with?

 

[redline1968]

Weld it... adds more patina. You know everyone loves patina..

 

[GiovanniLiCalsi]

Make a new stop and silver solder it on

 

[PCHiggin]

The cables probably got really stiff,lack of lube.The owner just pulled a bit harder till something gave.