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Offline bsirwin

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Living hinge extrusion replacement
« on: October 06, 2007, 11:43:42 PM »
Can anyone recomend what glue to use to replace the extrusions.  I have the extrusions and am getting ready to remove the old and all I can figure to do is glue the new ones.  What glue is strong enough.
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2007, 02:44:19 AM »
Hi,
I see that you have a 76 model, which extrusions do you mean? If you are talking about an ABS extrusion, have you considered MEK paste as the glue?
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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2007, 12:24:25 PM »
I guess I should have been more specific, sorry.  I am replacing the bed end cap ABS extrusions.  I considered the MEK paste but am still new to the Apache repairs and haven't messed with that stuff yet.  If that is the best I am going to learn the fun of MEK "goo" as I have seen it called.
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« Reply #3 on: October 08, 2007, 07:47:16 AM »
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2007, 09:42:51 PM »
I took all 4 bed end caps off, put 2 layers of fiberglass over the entire outside of them, then painted them a gray primer (which pretty closely matches the original color), now they are very strong, & not brittle like they were before.
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« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2007, 11:15:21 PM »
I hope to have pics of them one of these days, then I'll post them, so all can see. They're not the greatest quality, but they do the job.
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2007, 05:49:35 PM »
Are the endcaps made out of ABS or some other type of plastic?
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2007, 08:32:35 PM »
My Royal is ABS.
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2007, 11:22:41 AM »
The bed end that came off was not abs (wouldnt disolve in mek).
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