a wad of glue mate, a wad of glue and then stick velcro to the wad of glue
On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:27 AM, Dennis wrote: > I saw a mechanic in New Zealand fix one on my other bike and > basically he just used a big wad of glue and glued it back into > place. The wad was so big that it gave the join a lot of > horizontal strength. And there seems to be room for a wad of > something there since nothing else impinges on that space around > the base of the tab. > > Now I just need to know, "A wad of what?" > Dennis G. > - Seattle > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dennis Hammerl > Sent: 01 June, 2009 21:11 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Repairing a Side panel tab break > > Any chance of drilling and fitting a pin down through it ? Somebody > posted (months ago) a link to a service that repairs those side > panel pins. The inlay deal sounds a bit intensive. A small amount > of silicone sprayed on the grommets helps to keep this from > happening in the first place. good luck. > > --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Montepaulsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Montepaulsen <[email protected]> > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Repairing a Side panel tab break > To: "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" <[email protected]> > Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 12:03 AM > > > I have had a little experience with plastics and glues. From my > limited experience, two things may be of interest or may be > applicable: > > 1. Clean the plastic first. > Plastic is a petroleum material, and things tend to migrate toward > the surface. The whole idea behind Armour-All is that something > happens to the surface of plastic over time. It has been explained to > me that oils migrate outward, or maybe it is waxes, or I don't know > what. But I have had better experience in gluing things to plastic, or > in adhering tape or other self-stick things to plastic, by cleaning it > first. I use straight rubbing alcohol, and rub it thoroughly over the > surface, using a little elbow grease (figuratively). My goal is to > soak up any oily substances and get rid of them. > > 2. Heat. > I have a couple of sources on this. One is a company I was buying > printed plastic from. When I visited the factory, they showed me the > part on their assembly line where they zapped the plastic with > electricity. They explained that the electricity and the heat did > something to the surface that allowed the ink to adhere, otherwise it > just wouldn't stick. The other source was the local Plastic store, > which in Northern California is called TAP Plastics. They advise that > before gluing something to plastic you should heat the surface with a > butane torch until water sprayed onto it beads up, or something like > that. Look it up on-line. They have videos and directions. The heating > process is supposed to prepare the surface so their plastic cements > works best. I'm sure you could order some products from them if you > like their instructional videos. > > 3. Bracing > Gluing a tab onto something is a pretty insecure solution. You have > a very small cross section with which to count upon, and most likely > will be much less strong than the original intact plastic part. I have > a tab that I'm working on myself (for my car, actually), and I'm > trying to figure out a way to attach a section of a paperclip, which > will run the length of the tab, but will also extend far into the main > body of the plastic panel on both sides, and thus be a very strong > addition that will be much more strong than the original part. I'm > thinking I could cut a groove with my Dremel tool to lay the wire > into, but it's more intensive than I've had time to deal with. And how > do I end up securing the wire to the plastic plate? Perhaps drilling a > hole through it and tieing it off somehow. Suggestions accepted at > this point. But some sort of brace would be nice. What do people have > experience with? Perhaps using a zip-tie as a loop? something that > will hold, yet won't break easily. > > On Jun 1, 8:35 pm, 01-ZR2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Dennis I had the same Problem. I use Permatex Plastic Welder > > that I bought at NAPA and have always had very good luck with it. > > Steve. (83 CB 550 SC Nighthawk) > > On Jun 1, 10:34 pm, "Dennis" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I managed to get too physical with my right side panel on my > CB700SC this > > > afternoon and I broke the rear tab off. I can see it's been > glued before. > > > I wanted to ask, before I tried to repair it, what folks think > is the best > > > glue to use for this kind of repair? > > > > > Dennis Gallagher > > > - Seattle > > > - CB700SC - '85 & '86- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
