Patent ID: 7517425

Claim:
A method of attaching a hollow tubular member to a cast member comprising: providing a socket in the cast member, said socket having tapered walls; providing on said tubular member a tapered wall matching the taper of the tapered walls of the socket so that upon subsequent insertion of the tubular member into the socket the space between the outside of the tubular member and the socket of the cast member has a uniform thickness for receiving an adhesive and the resulting adhesive bond will be of uniform thickness; positioning a body of adhesive in the hollow interior of the hollow tubular member; inserting the hollow tubular member into the socket so that the adhesive is inserted with the insertion of the tubular member, and then introducing gas pressure to displace the adhesive out of the tubular member and into the space between the outside of the tubular member and socket of the cast member; and curing the adhesive.