G-box cracking

[BcDiver]

Has any gbox owners experienced cracking of the lower back corners of their boxes, ie. The 90° corners where the case cover sits flush against?
I have been trying to get in touch with manufacturer for the past 3 weeks, email/website contact page and even Facebook but I haven't had any reply as yet? Thanks

[matt]

I can't help with the box but it looks like G is on vacation in Italy, so I guess that could help understand why he is not responding quickly.

[BcDiver]

Ah..no worries, cheers

[dwhitlow]

As a direct consequence of some misguided folk deciding it was sensible to put dive equipment in a large heap I had cracks on that same weld. The box returned to its maker who stripped it down, welded it afresh and then gave it a fresh coat of paint. It looked almost like new for at least a week.

[Ian_6301]

If you just want to stop the crack propagating further, just drill a small hole at the end of it, or slightly ahead of it strictly speaking.

[BcDiver]

Yeah I've made some enquiries about having it rewelded and reinforced, hopefully have it sorted next week.

[Capt Morgan]

Yeah I've made some enquiries about having it rewelded and reinforced, hopefully have it sorted next week.

I don't know much about the box, is it stainless steel?

[dwhitlow]

I don't know much about the box, is it stainless steel?

No, the box is aluminum.

[Energy58]

No, the box is aluminum.

Is it actually welded? There is a new brazing system for aluminium which is:

a cheap as chips
b p*** easy to do

but sadly is

c crap

I have seen a number of fuel tanks fabricated this way recently which have cracked along the "weld"

[BcDiver]

Yeah I had a go at it myself with HTS - 2000 rods, looks easy on YouTube sadly not so in reality hence looking at getting it welded properly.