Bodywork repair
 

Happy New Year to all, what is the best way to repair body cracks, et cetera. The plastic on my Hurricane appears to be styrene...am I correct? Epoxy glass fibre or polyester for repair? ABS glue? Thanks for your input.

G'day and welcome, many have had success using a soldering iron, burn x's across the cracks(on the underside of course!)

I have used the plastic weld glue. Can't remember brand but was a pink tube. Taped the outside so it wouldn't run out the crack and prided open from backside to pour in crack. Stuff works awesome, even with peices that wore broke all the way off.

Edit: got the glue from advanced autoparts

Good tips to start, thank you! Will hit the local parts outlet and dig around for glue. Already have a solder iron!

I used a two-part epoxy to fix a broken bracket. It is strong as the original. There is one big problem. Trying to hold the piece together for 24 hours as it cures. I had to use three clamps and duct tape to keep it from moving. And it was still a bitch:
http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/1324/epoxyweld.jpg

I have read that a better way is to use a plastic welder such as this: Plastic Welder - Harbor Freight Tools
Supposedly works quickly and easily after you read the directions and practice.

That $16.99 one looks suspiciously like a soldering iron.

Quite a tidy looking repair though, wee bit of touch-up paint and no-one will ever know.

There is a 'how to' somewhere on here where a French member shows how to do it with a soldering iron, I think his name is allain? He looked like he was having too much fun doing it so I would suggest doing it in a well ventillated area, he even showed how to use other bits of material to fill gaps.

you didn't say what year yours was but i can confirm most of the plastics on mine 94 are abs. if you can find any of the older abs cement they used in industrial plumbing it works perfectly. makes a chemical weld as strong as the original material and can be sanded easily.

I have to try to fix the fairing on a bike I just picked up, I was going to try plastic welding, but I have some PVC glue... would that be strong enough? I have zero faith an any sort if adhesive, so I might just weld it for peace of mind. Does anybody know if the adhesive would melt away if I trued to use it first to hold things in place, then weld it after?

This thread may be of interest, the screen mesh is a great idea.

Link:-https://cbrforum.com/forum/how-mechanical-40/how-fairing-repair-114983/#post966910