"S" parts - good news/bad news

[macbec29]

So the the parts that I bought from Brian (Sadsak) in Manitoba to fix my crashed "S" final arrived today. Good news, the fender, tank, faring, and tail piece are all in excellent condition and look great. Bad news, the instrument cluster housing broke in transit. It's minor damage really, just the right side molded plastic wing part, but is a bummer cause the instrument cluster had otherwise been in nice shape. The housing on my crashed bike is trashed so it will be of no help.

So to Nessism, Russr33, FrankZ, or anybody who had rebuilt a S; have you dealt with this problem and if so how? Seems to me glue or epoxy won't be strong enough to do the trick. Any one have suggestions?

[azr]

I'm sure someone will be able to help you fix this one. Can't a slurry be made up for this plastic/PVC parts that basically welds them together, not sure how you would create the textured look though. Glad the rest turned up in one piece. Good to see you're making progress though.

[Big T]

Rob,

We're the USA. we have glues for that

If the parts are ABS, head for the plumbing department at Home Depot

Otherwise. find a plastic welder

[chuck hahn]

ABS glue..Glue the pieces together and maybe add a stiff back plate on the rear side that doesnt show. You can sand the seam nice again and repaint the entire black hopusing so it will never show.

I also think that i saw one housing just the other day on Ebay.

Second solution..Tape the pieces together from the back side with GORILLA duct tape. next fill a syringe with acetone and go along the crack and drizzle acetone into the crack and let it sit for a week so the acetone will have ample time to evaporate. The acetone will soften the ABS and make it stick itself back together. Some ABS and acetone slurry may be needed to do some filler in areas if needed.

Use the search feature and look for such things as ABS slurry.

[nvr2old]

5 minute, 2-part epoxy will glue it back together. I had to do mine, and I didn't even have the broken pieces, and it's held up beautifully. First, as Chuck mentioned, apply epoxy just where the broken joints go back together, and then tape it together on the front to hold all the pieces in place while you then epoxy the entire area on the back of it, too. Use a small, sturdy, 1" toss away paint brush to spread it evenly. You have all the pieces, so it should be easy. Try not to get any epoxy on the front surface, because it's textured, and sanding it will make it look different then the rest of it. That's where the tape comes in as much as holding it together..to keep epoxy from squeezing through the breaks and on to the front surface. If you need to spray the whole dash with satin black to blend it all in again, no problem. A little different then Chuck's method, but it works.

[chuck hahn]

Also..if you use something to rough up the back to create some textured area for the glue to adhere to it will help to make a good bond. Make it really rough and course grained so the glue has something to get a good bite on.

[chuck hahn]

We are on the same bus Larry...The short bus!!! .

[nvr2old]

Also..if you use something to rough up the back to create some textured area for the glue to adhere to it will help to make a good bond. Make it really rough and course grained so the glue has something to get a good bite on.

Agreed.

[chuck hahn]

I personally love my scratch awl for scrubbing a good rough patch when i have to do a repair.

[5150/gs]

Problem plastic is awesome stuff.I use it all the time and it works wonders.drillable sandable paintabe.check into it.
Problem Plastic is far better than anything else out there,it isn't cheap but you will have plenty for future uses.
Body guys use it for bumber or anything plastic,it is 2 part,sets hard as a rock and is the best stuff on the market for plastic repair in my opinion.I have used it many times with great results.

http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/sem-problem-plastic-repair-material-39767-p-15348.aspx?gclid=CO_2h6DvzLUCFcme4AodXHsArg

[macbec29]

Thanks all. As others before me have said this is why I love this forum.

[russr33]

Glad to hear you finally got all those hard to find bits! That area seems to be a weak spot on the S cluster. Hear is a pic of the cluster on Joe and I's GS750 with GS1000S front end.



Unfortunately we don't have the broken off piece. Now if anyone could suggest a fix for that I would love to hear it.

[nvr2old]

Mine was broken in the same way, same side. I thought at first I would trim the sides to match, but told myself "only as a last resort" if I can't fix it. I repaired it by using a section of a broken Kawasaki ZX12 windscreen. I just kept moving the screen around and changing the position till I found the curved section of the screen that replicated the missing piece on the dash. I cut it out, shaped it and epoxied it to the dash. It was a lot of work, but it looks good now. I applied a piece of vinyl with almost the exact texture of the plastic dash, and if you look real hard you can see the seam, but I followed the reflection curves, so it blends in pretty well.

[macbec29]

Larry just looked at your "S" on your profile page, that thing is gorgeous, job well done. And the after pic of your instrument cluster looks like it just came out of the box. Maybe if you have a minute sometime you could PM me with more details on how you went from the before to the after. Thanks.