01-22-2020, 01:01 PM | #1 |
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Trim repair ideas please
Broke two of the plastic clips on the gas tank trim. The clips that slide on to the metal tabs on the tank. Picture included below.
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01-22-2020, 01:28 PM | #2 |
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I've broken one of the tabs off on my Hawk because I forgot to unbolt the cross bar the first time I removed the tank. I used JB plastic weld and has held up for three years. I also repair plastics on my daughter UTV and still holding up after a year. Good stuff. Just make sure you clean the plastic with alcohol or degreaser and rough up the surface you are repairing.
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01-22-2020, 01:30 PM | #3 |
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Bend a piece of wire like this
Use soldering iron to melt the "tabs" on the ends into the plastic then cover your melty / weldy work with jbweld. Had the same problem on my magician when I had a stock tank. I used this to completely replace the plastic loop things. Hope this helps. ----------------------------edit---------------- Wire thing not to scale, the shape for your loop thing may be different. Or you could try plastic welding with a soldering iron it's hard to tell what would work best from the photo as I'm not familiar with that exact bike.
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01-23-2020, 11:48 AM | #4 |
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You can also buy a cheap plastic soldering iron at HF, along with a pack of filler rods. IIRC, the package includes ABS, PP and PVC. Google how to do a burn test to determine the type of plastic you have and use the appropriate filler material.
Alternatively, you can trim off a sliver of plastic from an area that doesn't show and use that as filler material.
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01-23-2020, 09:08 PM | #5 |
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Megadan should have those panels and more that I left with him, contact him maybe if a near complete set interests you etc
Or plastic weld or epoxy etc might work too |
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01-24-2020, 03:25 AM | #6 | |
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