I like the first idea. Maybe sand the white plastic to roughen it, then a few layers of fiberglass wrapping around the perimeter? After the fiberglass sets, put a couple screws through it into the plastic, one on each side of the crack.
Max Dillon Charleston SC Nov 23, 2020 3:23:55 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > My weedwhacker housing cracked at this screw attaching point and caused all > kinds of mayhem necessitating replacement of two castings (bought used off > eBay). It stripped out the part of the housing in there that the screw > presses on. It’s a totally stupid design with that much pressure on these > little bits of plastic. > > I got it all back together but need to get this sorted before I use it. I’m > thinking some JBweld plastic epoxy with something shrouding the curved > plastic housing bit to hold it and make it stronger and somehow filling > inside where the screw goes, or just getting a longer screw and washer to fit > over the top to hold the strengthened bit of the plastic tight. > > Any thoughts? > > > --FT > Sent from iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
