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Originally Posted by Slava
I have a gate where the arm for the latch is loose. The gate is aluminum(I think?) and I’m not sure how to fix this. The screw hole is stripped/loose and I know I could put a larger screw there, but that’s just kicking the can down the road for a while because it will happen again. How else can I fix this? Could I have it welded to the gate? I don’t know how to weld, but it’s something I could investigate if that would work. Otherwise, I’m in search of ideas here.
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Aluminum welding is more involves than any of the rental machines can handle.
Is it maybe just galvanized steel, see if it’s magnetic or not. Or maybe try a ‘sex bolt’ if it’s into a hollow pipe or such.