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I took your advice Brian and ordered some Q-Bond on Ebay (I tried to find it locally, but nobody's ever heard of it). It's supposed to be here next Friday; I'll add an update when I get the results. Thanks for the tip!
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I took your advice Brian and ordered some Q-Bond on Ebay (I tried to find it locally, but nobody's ever heard of it). It's supposed to be here next Friday; I'll add an update when I get the results. Thanks for the tip!
Cool! It's great stuff. Poke around for videos -- you have to somehow make a little pile of the powder in the correct place, then drip the superglue. This sometimes takes a good bit of creativity. Like I said, it's strange stuff but works great and hardens pretty much instantly.
You'll likely run out of the superglue they provide (or the tubes will leak or harden) long before you run out of the powder. You can use any decent quality plain liquid superglue; just don't use gel or glue with any other additives. I got a package with several tiny disposable tubes from the hardware store.
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Update on the Q-Bond: it works great! Couldn't be much simpler; you just align the post with the stub, pour a little of the powder over the joint, and add a drop of the super glue. It bonds instantly, so make sure you're happy with the alignment before you do this; there is no opportunity to re-position. Try not to touch the tip of the glue nozzle to the powder because the powder will stick. I had three posts to repair and was fortunate to still have all three of them, so they all mated to their stubs properly.
So thanks for all the advice guys. I now have all my posts!
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So thanks for all the advice guys. I now have all my posts!
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I used a slightly unconventional method to replace a post on my Katana's panels: Sugru (www.sugru.com). It's a moldable glue that sets into a hard rubber when cured. It retains a bit of flexibility which is nice when pulling panels off the bike. Worked for me, may work for you.
Cheers!
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Cheers!
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I've actually heard of Sugru; we use it at work occasionally to mold instant handles (like a wing-nut). However, I went with the Q-Bond because I still had the broken off pieces and they still fit precisely on the remaining stubs. And the Q-Bond is quick - as in instant! Having just made the repair a week ago, I can't speak to its long-term durability, but it sure feels like it's sturdy - as sturdy as if it had never broken in fact.
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Yes, Dzus fasteners would have certainly ensured the covers never fall off, but I always try to keep my bikes stock/original and as pristine as possible.
To me, a part that breaks in normal service is a flawed design, and I have neither time nor patience for that. I improve where possible. I see no reason to tolerate sub-standard shoddy parts where better are available.
After all, how many of us now have ditched the OEM regulator and used a series type instead? Many on here, probably hundreds that read about it (just talking about Suzukis) and possibly thousands world-wide. If you take into account other marques, there are likely tens of thousands who've done that.
Keeping something original is all well and good if you don't use it. My opinions of shoddy design were formed when some things let me down and a stranding by the side of the road happened as a consequence.
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I understand all that. However, everything breaks eventually. This bike is 37 years old and still looks very nearly new (and I'm quite proud of that). If a stub broke on one side cover just recently, I (and all the former owners) got 37 years out of it; I'd hardly condemn that as a faulty design. I blame myself for being ham-fisted with it after the bike sat through five months of Michigan winter.
And by the way - I too have replaced that R/R on my 850. It's in a place that's hidden, and no one will ever be the wiser, except when it doesn't fail again.
Yes, but my stubs broke after a few months' service (nearly 30 years ago), not 3 decades' worth.
Too soon, too much a consequence of the seat sitting down on the top edge and straining the stub at the bottom. Also, normal removal strained the stubs greatly. It might be that a PO had already cracked them, but I doubt that ham-fistedness on its own did it to all the GSs that have had them fail.
Another bonus of Dzus fasteners; nobody is going to nick my sidecovers, as they are most definitely not original, and are quite worthless to anyone doing a cheapskate restore.
Too soon, too much a consequence of the seat sitting down on the top edge and straining the stub at the bottom. Also, normal removal strained the stubs greatly. It might be that a PO had already cracked them, but I doubt that ham-fistedness on its own did it to all the GSs that have had them fail.
Another bonus of Dzus fasteners; nobody is going to nick my sidecovers, as they are most definitely not original, and are quite worthless to anyone doing a cheapskate restore.
