Plastic repair

[KISA]

I started repairing the plastic. It was fixed by own method other than the regular. You can share photos how these details are among themselves fixed?

[Vonwolf]

I use short pieces of copper wire usually the ground wire in a 12/2 Romex wire only because I have the laying around all over and a soldering iron, copper's a great heat conductor. I line up the broken pieces, set the copper across the break and heat it up with the soldering iron, the copper wire melts into the plastic, you stop when it's set 1/2 way through the take a plastic zip tie and melt it all together. It really makes a strong joint and if you stop in time it won't show thru the other side. After that, you can use JB Weld, Bondo or whatever to make it stronger. My whole bike is held together this way and I repair plastic parts on my 67 Buick GS this way, it works pretty well. I would like to hear how others repair their Plastics there's always a better mouse trap.

 

( I wish my Ferring looked that good, most the lower bolt tabs are long gone)

 

Here is a Picture of my Ferring, it was broke right off, the PO repaired it with what looks like JB Weld, it didn't last

 

I stitch it together with 2 wire's in the middle I'll be able to tighten it up with a couple more copper pieces and that gap will close right up

Edited February 27, 2015 by Vonwolf

[kevin-vic-b.c.]

FYI to @Vonwolf and @KISA these fairings are made of ABS plastic.... same material that a plumber would pipe the drains in your home with. So a trip to hardware store you can buy small can of ABS Cement inexpensively and if needed you can find a plastic supply store and buy thin sheets of ABS to make clean solid last for ever repairs.

[KISA]

Misters, thanks for care, but, perhaps, I meant not it. I need to know how these are connected 3 details by means of bolts.

PS Permatex-мery good!

[Chaharly]

I use short pieces of copper wire usually the ground wire in a 12/2 Romex wire only because I have the laying around all over and a soldering iron, copper's a great heat conductor. I line up the broken pieces, set the copper across the break and heat it up with the soldering iron, the copper wire melts into the plastic, you stop when it's set 1/2 way through the take a plastic zip tie and melt it all together. It really makes a strong joint and if you stop in time it won't show thru the other side. After that, you can use JB Weld, Bondo or whatever to make it stronger. My whole bike is held together this way and I repair plastic parts on my 67 Buick GS this way, it works pretty well. I would like to hear how others repair their Plastics there's always a better mouse trap.

 

( I wish my Ferring looked that good, most the lower bolt tabs are long gone)

 

Here is a Picture of my Ferring, it was broke right off, the PO repaired it with what looks like JB Weld, it didn't last

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I stitch it together with 2 wire's in the middle I'll be able to tighten it up with a couple more copper pieces and that gap will close right up

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I think I'm going to do it this way from now on! Neat!!!

[KISA]

I didn't see this element in the original. How it joins the top fairing?

[Vonwolf]

There's 2 tang's back by the vent that match up with those holes, on yours on has the self-capture bolt on it the other side's missing that, so it's just a hole. That's why I said I wish mine looked as good as yours, Mine's all broke up. I know you can just use abs glue on them, but it will break off after a while. There's a lot of contours that are hard to match up with spare plastic, but I've used wire mesh as a bonding surface it curves around good. The copper wire just makes the joint a lot stronger, I still use glue, JB Weld, Bono or whatever I have laying around

[Prairiehammer]

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I didn't see this element in the original. How it joins the top fairing?

 

KISA, as you probably know, the metal strap is not original. It is a patch.

The lower fairing mounts to some of the same screws as the upper fairing, but technically, you could mount the lower fairing without the upper fairing and vice versa. Here is a picture of an undamaged lower fairing.