Plastic panel cracked, broken piece repair tips?

50CC Cape Cod · Post by **50CC Cape Cod** » Sun May 13, 2012 11:54 pm

I have a couple of cracks and a piece broke off a plastic panel. Also another piece the plastic tab holding a blinker light snapped and a tab on the headlight trim ring broke off. Any suggestion to repair. Crazy glue or clear silicone caulking?

Dooglas · Post by **Dooglas** » Mon May 14, 2012 12:11 am

The replacement panels are not very expensive. I'd just bite the bullet and buy the two you need. In my experience, gluing a tab is not very successful.

flexx75 · Post by **flexx75** » Mon May 14, 2012 2:05 am

May I ask what in the world happen to cause all this damage ?

bluebuddygirl · Post by **bluebuddygirl** » Mon May 14, 2012 2:54 am

Replace or use an epoxy made for plastic. Both of the glue options you listed will not work. JB weld can work if the surfaces to be glued are rough, but it will pop off of super smooth plastic.

303 whodat · Post by **303 whodat** » Mon May 14, 2012 3:10 am

I had similar problems with a People 50 front fender... 4 cracks going from left to right, and the vibration of traveling made it worse. I used JB Weld and let it sit for 24 hours... wasn't pretty to look at, but it held it together just fine. If replacement is easy, I'd suggest that. JB Weld is 5-6 bucks at Home Depot.

http://www.homedepot.com/buy/paint/adhe ... 54243.html

video on how to apply.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8oEROtlRuk

Good luck!

50CC Cape Cod · Post by **50CC Cape Cod** » Mon May 14, 2012 1:13 pm

This is on a People 50. The scooter had fallen a long time ago on a grassy area and the rear side blinker popped off out of the fender groove. The headlight trim rim did the same and plastic housing under head light cracked way on the bottom. I was able to snap back into place and set with some crazy glue at that time. Now that the scooter is back into use after 6 years vibration etc loosened things up. The panels etc are like new except for these small issues so will try the fix. Thought the silicone would help lessen the vibration and in turn keep things tight. Thanks.

Tazio · Post by **Tazio** » Tue May 15, 2012 3:59 am

Autogoop works great! I broke my handle bar undercover over 5 years ago and repaired it with Autogoop while I was waiting for the replacement part. It worked so well I never got around to changing it, probably someday when I have to take the head set apart for something else I'll get around to it.

50CC Cape Cod · Post by **50CC Cape Cod** » Tue May 15, 2012 8:36 pm

[quote="Tazio"]Autogoop works great! I broke my handle bar undercover over 5 years ago and repaired it with Autogoop

Thanks I will try to pick some up. I see Ace Hardware has it listed on line.
Any idea who else may stock for local purchase? Sounds like would do the trick.

beastmaster · Post by **beastmaster** » Wed May 16, 2012 2:28 am

fiber glass kit works great. and for 20 bucks to ! my panels where broke on both sides and i glass them right up and now there stronger than they were before they broke , pm if you have any questions

50CC Cape Cod · Post by **50CC Cape Cod** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:22 am

[quote="bluebuddygirl"]Replace or use an epoxy made for plastic. Both of the glue options you listed will not work.

Finally got around to fixing and the Quick Set 5 Min epoxy from HF worked great and dries clear so seems strong and just looks like a scar where the pieces are joined together. Thanks for the helpful input.

Keys · Post by **Keys** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 1:28 am

...also model airplane glue works perfectly.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 2:38 am

Keys wrote:...also model airplane glue works perfectly.

PeteH · Post by **PeteH** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 3:22 pm

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue....

redhandmoto · Post by **redhandmoto** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 6:45 pm

Lots of videos and info on the 'net about plastic welding with cable ties, but I really liked this guy's approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GRNvPSf7k

k1dude · Post by **k1dude** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:31 pm

redhandmoto wrote:Lots of videos and info on the 'net about plastic welding with cable ties, but I really liked this guy's approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GRNvPSf7k

Thanks for that vid. Very inventive. I'll have to file that away in my head and hopefully I won't lose it in there.

hg3 · Post by **hg3** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 10:34 pm

redhandmoto - Thanks for sharing that video you came across. I am off to repair a broken lug my scoot.

redhandmoto · Post by **redhandmoto** » Fri Jun 29, 2012 11:46 pm

Isn't that cool? I like the way he uses bits of copper wire sunk into the joint to reinforce it.
As he says, find or break something plastic first, then practice.

I'd be trying it right now, but at 7:30 this evening, it's still 103 degrees outside...

jonlink · Post by **jonlink** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:27 am

redhandmoto wrote:Lots of videos and info on the 'net about plastic welding with cable ties, but I really liked this guy's approach:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7GRNvPSf7k

awesome video. Now, I just need something to break.... wait...