ATV Plastic Repair
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Wasn’t really sure where to post this so I posted it here. I have a kawasaki Bayou 250 with some breaks in the rear fender plastic. This is just a Woods machine so it doesn’t have to be pretty but I would like to repair it while its in my garage. Right now we need to replace the crankcase gaskets (one bolt blew out and the gasket blew) so its going to be here a while Any ideas? I posted a couple pics of a previous repair that we have done to it. And the crack
best way to repair atv plastics is with a plastic welder. adhesives and stuff like that dont really work anywhere near as well if at all. it wont be a pretty repair but you said that wont matter. the plastic basically needs to be remelted back together.
Ok thanks I’ll try and get in into boces in the next week. I don’t have a plastic welder at home (Still in the stone ages with tools if we have them) Thanks for the tip
I’ve had great luck with 3M 8115. Prep with 80 grit and bond away.
Thanks for the tip. I ended up just rednecking it (not my ideal choice). I put a piece of 22 gauge and rivited it like before. Thanks for the tips on plastic repair. Next time I have a fender off one of the wheelers I’ll hopefully be able to try atleast one method (all the wheelers spend their lifes at my property where the only one’s who see are my family)
[quote=”jim c” post=24869]best way to repair atv plastics is with a plastic welder. adhesives and stuff like that don’t really work anywhere near as well if at all. it wont be a pretty repair but you said that wont matter. the plastic basically needs to be remelted back together.[/quote]
But adhesives shows lot’s of absurdity while repairing.They are not sticked properly.
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Best bet is to if you can slice a bit off the existing plastics so you know you have the same type, create a v channel at the site of the crack, you can just use a heat gun to melt the plastic strip into the v groove, have done this lots of time and has always held, the secret is to always have the same type of plastic.
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