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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: 750-h2 on December 30, 2013, 11:20:32 AM

Title: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: 750-h2 on December 30, 2013, 11:20:32 AM

 Has anyone successfully repaired small cracks in our plastic Kawasaki belly pans. I really do not want to replace mine with a fiberglass repop so I was thinking of removing the pan from my sled and bring it to a body shop, hoping it can be repaired with their plastic bumper epoxies. Has anyone done this?

Title: Re: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: flatlander on December 30, 2013, 12:01:25 PM

I have had good luck with the following product for repairing small cracks.  This is the product that I use to "glue" the filler cap replacement necks also.  It has a fairly short open time and sets up hard but not too hard that it cannot be sanded.  Chances are the body shops are using a similar product.  I think I picked the gun and kits up at Amazon and it was reasonable considering the alternative.

Title: Re: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: gixxer6 on December 30, 2013, 03:01:37 PM

Depending on the crack, I have used sheet metal and rivets, or used black zip ties to stitch it. 

Title: Re: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: 750-h2 on December 30, 2013, 04:44:40 PM

Thanks for the tip. That 3m product looks good. This is for a restoration on an Interceptor and if possible I want the pan to be perfect.

Title: Re: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: mswyka on December 30, 2013, 05:36:36 PM

We found that the belly pan material responds well to PVC solvent.  Using this approach we have taken pieces from another bad belly pan to essentially glue a patch on the inside of the pan.  The outside we patch with body filler or icing, sand, prime, and paint. 

Title: Re: Repairing plastic belly pans.
Post by: 750-h2 on December 30, 2013, 08:35:49 PM

Thanks guys for all the helpful info!