I need some recommendations for glue/epoxy to repair some plastic on the Apex after a little run in with a tree last year.
What do you guys recommend, please feel free to recommend many different kinds since I'm sure it's not all the same plastic? I've used the Loctite epoxy that you mix before.
As shown below I need to fix
the clear headlight (ignore the white tape, just leftover from duct tape, gap isn't that big either it's just sitting in there)
the headlight housing
the dash piece
the gas tank filler neck (will be taking take off to clean pine needles and old glue off)
and a side panel
and I'm just going to order a new tank cowling
What do you guys recommend, please feel free to recommend many different kinds since I'm sure it's not all the same plastic? I've used the Loctite epoxy that you mix before.
As shown below I need to fix
the clear headlight (ignore the white tape, just leftover from duct tape, gap isn't that big either it's just sitting in there)
the headlight housing
the dash piece
the gas tank filler neck (will be taking take off to clean pine needles and old glue off)
and a side panel
and I'm just going to order a new tank cowling
if you have any buddies in the auto body repair industry, lords fusor products are probably the best i have found.
the products are expensive and use special tools, fortunately i am good friends with a shop owner and i use the leftovers along with the dispensers. just have to wait sometimes.
lords makes a product for just about any plastic it seems like, the biggest trick is figuring out what plastic you have and which product you need.
the products are expensive and use special tools, fortunately i am good friends with a shop owner and i use the leftovers along with the dispensers. just have to wait sometimes.
lords makes a product for just about any plastic it seems like, the biggest trick is figuring out what plastic you have and which product you need.
What I see here you are wasting your time there is a guy call airwolf who buy sleds and parts them out and he gives good deals you are never going to get some too repair and last because of the temp and the flexing that it does in the cold.
I don't think too many of these pieces flex much, the tank cowling is being replaced because I don't even want to mess with it, the side panel could just be left alone, the main one I'd like to try and fix is the headlight, the rest don't matter too much. I'd rather not replace all the pieces because I'm sure the headlight isn't cheap. And any true mountain rider knows it's not a matter of if the sled will hit another tree, it's more so of when.
EDIT: And from what we could tell when the filler neck broke, they look to be glued on, and not cast, right from the factory.
EDIT: And from what we could tell when the filler neck broke, they look to be glued on, and not cast, right from the factory.
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SXlover said:
Looks to me like the fill spud is either hot plate or sonic/spin welded.
snomofo said:
Just look at the top piece in my hand, the bottom has glue on it since we used some adhesive to make it hold for the last 2 days I had to ride. In disassembling the tank cowling it came off, as you can see the adhesive didn't bond to the top.
staggs65
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gotta go with snomofo on this one. I do alot of plastic pipe welding using asahi and george ficher machines wich are hotplate type systems and you'd swear they were glued joints if you didn't know better
Hmm I wonder where I can get some of this stuff
http://www.lord.com/products-and-solutions/adhesives/know-when-to-say-no.xml
I don't have any plastic welding tools so I'm just gonna have to use some off the shelf glue or epoxy.
http://www.lord.com/products-and-solutions/adhesives/know-when-to-say-no.xml
I don't have any plastic welding tools so I'm just gonna have to use some off the shelf glue or epoxy.