Snapped side panel fixings

[rob_scott92]

Heya,

When i bought the cb 350, one of the fixings on the side panels had snapped (One of two) the other day i was taking the panel off and the other one decided to go and snap off What kind of stuff would be good to re-glue these back? I've heard that theres some pretty good adhesive used for pvc conduit, good as in, you better hope its in the right place when you glue it coz it aint gonna move
Anyone know if this stuff will be good on the panels?
Cheers
Rob
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First bike: 1982 Suzuki Gs 125 'The beast MK1' > 1988 Honda Cb 350's' FOR SPORT! (Good ol' oil burner!) > 2001 Suzuki Sv 650 's' Made it out of the 80's! > 1997 Honda Cbr 600f :p

[JacPowell]

Good old superglue ! No, really

[rob_scott92]

did think superglue but not sure if it'll do. I mean think about it, the side panels are likely to be taken off and put back on fairly regularly, so wont take long for them just to snap off again .
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[JacPowell]

Iv done it on mine just sand it down afterwards and a quick spray of clear coat on top go out and get it filthy and youll never know

[Noxious89123]

Superglue is rubbish, it just ends up brittle. Fibreglass resin has worked very well for me before, but tends to end up a bit messy.

Someone was asking a similar question last week and was recommended... PlastiFix i think it was? Or somthing like that. It was a proper plastic repair stuff, should set as strong as when the plastic was new.

The problem with superglue is that the 2 peices of plastic don't bond with each other, they bond to the glue. That's why it ends up so weak.

Someone also recommended getting some acetone (nail varnish remover) and dropping a plastic lego brick into it, and using the resulting melted plastic goop to stick parts back together. Think it was Virus?
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[hondapartsman]

I fixed one with two part epoxy then reinforced with strips of plastic cut from an ice cream tub then melted carefully. Still holding on after at least 3 years, maybe a bit more. You can get a special fixing kit, which has a plastic powder and mould, but that's more for totally missing lugs. I have one of those kits but not had any need to use it yet.
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[Ichy]

Superglue is rubbish.
Epoxy is ok as long as you really key the surfaces.
Plastfix is good.
Plastic welding is superb, and very cheap as long as you have a soldering iron and some scrap ABS.

Never tried the solvent adhesive used on PVC pipes, not sure it would work on ABS plastic?

[cyberglass]

Get a drill as small as possible and drill 2 tiny holes into the lugs and matching holes in the panels. superglue a couple of staples into the lug then line the lug up and glue it into the panel.
Will give you a reinforced bond which is hard to break.
Its fiddly to do though.

you can also use bits of paperclip cut to length.
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[Walloper]

'Plastex' (or the 'Plastex' Look-a-like out of Halfrauds)

https://www.plastexexpress.co.uk/

Nothing else is worth the time and effort.

Plastex welds the parts or lets you 'clone' a perfect match for something that's broken i. e. a spring-nut lug.
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[subby631]

I repaired my broken side panel lugs with Epoxy Putty. Once mixed and kneaded together, form it around the two broken parts. It usually sets in five to ten minutes, may be drilled, filed or sanded in an hour and fully cured in twenty four hours.
If you have a branch of Poundland near you, they have packs of six putty pellets for........you guessed it, £1.

[rob_scott92]

Thanks guys, sounds like theres lots of stuff available so thats good. As i'm doing an electrical course at college (Where i heard about the stuff for pvc conduit) I'll ask my tutor about the stuff he uses. Might be cheeky and ask if he's got any in his van he can spare

Rob
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First bike: 1982 Suzuki Gs 125 'The beast MK1' > 1988 Honda Cb 350's' FOR SPORT! (Good ol' oil burner!) > 2001 Suzuki Sv 650 's' Made it out of the 80's! > 1997 Honda Cbr 600f :p