new instrument shroud

[frostyblue]

Hey guys, just giving the old girl a wash and have discovered the shroud has broken, anyone know of a wrecker in brissy

Cheers

Ken

[bsperka]

Hey guys, just giving the old girl a wash and have discovered the shroud has broken, anyone know of a wrecker in brissy

Cheers

Ken
Try Jag and Rover Spares at Newmarket; Mike Hall at Underwood or drive to the Sunshine Coast for British Off Road. BOR should have them.

[Trippy]

Mine is starting to crack in the same place. I always thought the screws looked a bit suspect. Are they the original screws? Mine look like yours.

[OffTrack]

Mine is starting to crack in the same place. I always thought the screws looked a bit suspect. Are they the original screws? Mine look like yours.

The original screws are black and the head sits at the bottom of a recess. I'd guess the original screws have pulled through the plastic and the larger screws have been used to hold the shroud in place.

[jafir]

The screws always pull through. The washers with longer screws is a decent fix because it's hard to find a used part that's not broken there and a new one is over $300 here, I think. I guess sometimes they fail even more catastrophically!

[OffTrack]

The screws always pull through.

They haven't on mine, so it can't be always. :D

[jafir]

They haven't on mine, so it can't be always. :D

Maybe the previous owner had more money than me and paid for a new one. :)

[OffTrack]

Maybe the previous owner had more money than me and paid for a new one. :)

I doubt it. It was covered in the same delaminated faux wood trim that was festering on the rest of the dash when I bought the car. :(

You can see the state of it in the background of this pic:

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=59163&stc=1&d=1366083744

[Dazza67]

I doubt it. It was covered in the same delaminated faux wood trim that was festering on the rest of the dash when I bought the car. :(
You can see the state of it in the background of this pic:


I rather like my Genuine Imitation Faux Wood...

Albeit mine is cracked in the same place as well but as bad. I used a tech screw with a small washer to screw back in and ran some black 3mm foam strip around the front to stop it squeaking on the dash,

Dazza

[PhilipA]

I wonder if they break when hamfisted mechanics pull the grille off the aircon temp sensor to clean it. It snags behind the dash moulding.
BTW the poster's looks full of fluff.

Why not pull the dash top off and glue it together with epoxy, or if you are really keen get a motorcycle fairing repairer to plastic weld it. You could even try to weld it from behind . Just get a soldering iron and smear it around.
Regards Philip A

[frostyblue]

Those screws are def not factory, phillip do most motorbike shops have plastic welding, have sent enq to British offroad on sunshine coast, we will see what kinda money they want, i acually think i mite use your idea and just gusset from rear and refit, actually just remembered after posting reply the locking tabs at the front have snapped off, so a replacement maybe the only option

Cheers

Ken

[Modelsp]

FrostyBlue
do the best fix with Plasti Bond and super glue
I'll take mine off tomorrow and show you how i did it
the screws are countersunk about 3mm dia,
not tek screws
very easy to do if your patient while the superglue sets
post foto for you thurs ;)
Paul

[frostyblue]

Thanks Paul will be interested to see, BOR didnt bother getting back to me so ill try your method

Cheers

Ken

[PhilipA]

Those screws are def not factory, phillip do most motorbike shops have
plastic welding

Well no but in each city there are paint and fairing repair speciialists such as
Collide-a-Scope in Sydney.
Collide-a-scope, Hornsby NSW 2077 - Motorcycle & Scooter Repair - TrueLocal (http://www.truelocal.com.au/business/collide-a-scope/hornsby)
Great guy and did areally outstanding job on my sons GSXR which he dropped at Eastern creek only to redrop 3 months later.

Ask at a motorcycle dealer
Regards Philip A