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Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: Bill Conquest on September 17, 2009, 10:29:30 PM

Title: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bill Conquest on September 17, 2009, 10:29:30 PM

Quite awhile back someone posted a repair made on a broken  rubber instrument housing that looked good.. it was broken right at the narrow spot on the side - same as mine - any idea where that post is, I can't find it.. or does anyone have an idea on this? What glue would work? Thanks, Bill Conquest

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bob_Roller on September 17, 2009, 11:16:39 PM

I can't link to the page, but if you go back 9 pages in this section, it's under the heading dash panel, started by Dav, 07/11/09 .

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: nhmaf on September 18, 2009, 09:19:02 AM

Here ya go!  (I think)..


http://www.bmwr65.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1247313327

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bob_Roller on September 18, 2009, 10:06:59 AM

Yeah, that's the one, thanks !!!

Has anyone found an adhesive that will melt the rubber/plastic material that this panel is made of  ?

The '84 LS panel needs a repair done to it .

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Barry on September 18, 2009, 11:06:09 AM

Mine looks perfect from the outside but when I take it off I can see it has started to split from underneath.

I guess NOW is the time to carry out a repair/reinforcement

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bill Conquest on September 18, 2009, 03:24:07 PM

Thanks alot for the help, everyone.. i'm fixing this while re-building my brake m. cylinder, since its all apart. Sounds like this is a common thing to happen & new housings are expensive! I'm still wondering about what adhesives to use..
Bill Conquest

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: bruce_launceston on September 18, 2009, 08:41:32 PM

I plastic welded mine from the back with a soldering iron and have reinforced it with araldite epoxy.

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bill Conquest on September 19, 2009, 04:25:52 AM

Well, i've embarked on a repair using aquaseal & dowels to fix this - the dowels are used as in a cabinet face frame joinery fashion, difficult because there isn't much thickness to deal with, but it seemed to work. Aquaseal is a product used to glue rubber type stuff - wetsuits etc. I use it to fix kite bladders( kitesurfing) & it works well. It will be interesting to see if & how long it works for, will report back!
Bill Conquest

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: dav on September 19, 2009, 04:41:56 AM

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Well, i've embarked on a repair using aquaseal & dowels to fix this - the dowels are used as in a cabinet face frame joinery fashion, difficult because there isn't much thickness to deal with, but it seemed to work. Aquaseal is a product used to glue rubber type stuff - wetsuits etc. I use it to fix kite bladders( kitesurfing) & it works well. It will be interesting to see if & how long it works for, will report back!
Bill Conquest

hope it works for you mate, still have't got around to do mine yet, but i'll get there oneday, what day month year that will be i dont know ::)......it'll be good to hear how yours turns out [smiley=bmw_smiley.gif]

Title: Re: instrument housing repair
Post by: Bill Conquest on September 19, 2009, 04:44:48 PM

I'll let you know how it goes together, & see how long it lasts!