Factory fuel tank brazing?

[katanafan]

So I took the used GS850 fuel tank out of the blast cabinet and found three tiny braze points along the outside of the seam.

I bought this from Bob's here in Phoenix as it was less dented than mine on my 79 and looked pretty good on the inside from what I can see.

So I'm wondering - did the factory do any spot brazing on new tanks or have I bought someone else's former leaker?

[katanafan]

Anybody know?... anyone.... Bueller?

[Nessism]

Post some high resolution photos so we can see what you are talking about. If the photos are uploaded to photobucket then you can link the [img] code here to show the images.

The factory did do some brazing (I think) but I can't tell you much from your description.

[katanafan]

Thanks Snoopy - I'll get some up Tuesday. A couple of the spots are so tiny that I used a magnifying glass to get a good look... then another was quite long and a lot more obvious.

[earlfor]

You probably could just silver solder the pin holes rather than go to the trouble of brazing.

Earl

[Nessism]

You probably could just silver solder the pin holes rather than go to the trouble of brazing.

Earl

Better off silver brazing I think.