-
Like I said, it's easily a great deal more robust than one that was never munted. Not sure why that isn't apparent... Originally the flimsy plastic base was slightly reinforced by a flimsy bit of ally sandwiching the plastic by three bolts. Now there's a 3mm bit of ally plate running all the way across and along under the retention clips, and the three bolts are holding the glue ridges in compression (because I did it with washers in place) against the tube. It's solid as fuck.
Pretty sure the melting point is above what's necessary. Especially now that I soldered a wire inside the battery which was just twisted together for some reason, and had started to melt its way through the bottom...
I like your bodge.
People who didn't get the purpose of the glue are clearly a bit hard of thinking.
(Or just bitter forum heads chomping at the bit to post a snarky reply in what is generally one of the nicest threads on the forum)