Welding a Chassis?

[Louis101993]

I've managed to crack my engine mount

https://img21.imageshack.us/img21/1372/img00163201109231602.jpg

Does this means it will never be able to get through the MOT? Or would it be able to be welded?

Thanks for any help, Louis.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

New casing's probably the safest bet.

I would have thought the alloy would be a pig to weld, and it may well crack again quite quickly because of the vibration.
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[Fairies attack]

It looks like cast Alu.

I can try weld it for you, but can't promise it will be weldable.
It all depends on what bike it comes from.

PM me, and i'll sort it out. And if it works you can have a free powder coating of the piece.

[Paulington]

That picture makes it look a LOT bigger than it is, in reality it's a maximum of 35mm across I'd imagine.

That's a tiny part to weld and as said earlier I'd guess it'd probably just crack from the vibrations soon enough. If you can find someone who is confident enough to weld it then go for it.

There happens to be a ton of ZXR400 frames on eBay and breakers if you do decide to replace so not a shortage and they go for okay prices with documents too (~£200).
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[Fairies attack]

Any welder worth his knowledge would 'Vee' it out, both sides the, build up the rest. Not a hard job just time consuming to be done right.

Edit:
That also looks like someone has tightened up the bolt to tight, causing undue stress on the piece. No wonder it failed.

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[Paulington]

I would hazard that it is this part of a Kawasaki frame: .

https://i53.tinypic.com/jq0sqe.jpg.
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