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Side cover repair

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So a few nights ago I was pulling Momma's bike out of the garage and tripped over some stuff and ended up with the bike near to on top of me. The side cover came to rest on my knee... we know how that ended right? CRACK. I think Momma was more concerned about the bike than me but I digress :) Went today and got the adhesive to get started on repair and have to say I am impressed. The stuff I got was at Lowes and specifically for bonding plastic. I beveled the cracks edges and drilled a hole at the end of the crack to stop it from cracking further then roughed a good bit of the back of the cover for bite. Laid down a few strips of drywall tape and then the adhesive. It's still a bit ugly but it feels wicked strong and hopefully will be durable a long time. Pics show current progress. Hope to have it fully smoothed out and back in paint this weekend. Maybe I'll be able to sleep back in the house again...
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When you have a crack like that you have to feather the material at the crack down to nothing. If you don't then it is a stress riser and you have to put twice as much material that is three times as thick to even get close to being a reasonable strength.

Grind the crack to nothing and re do it adding more material to the back than the front..
 
I ground away a good bit but not as much as you suggest. I used to do body work but that was years ago. Hopefully it holds up.
 
I've used 2-part epoxy many times to repair cracks in plastic and it's worked great. Simple, easy repairs that last the life of the bike.
 
When I have a crack in a side cover, I get out the soldering iron and run it down the length of the crack. It pretty much welds it back together. Then I reinforce it from the inside and work on the cosmetics.
 
Mix yourself up some ABS slurry and pour spread it over the top of the fiberglass, works great
 
wymple said:
When I have a crack in a side cover, I get out the soldering iron and run it down the length of the crack. It pretty much welds it back together. Then I reinforce it from the inside and work on the cosmetics.
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That will stop the stress riser as well if it melts together.
 
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