[s-cars] Sunroof switch cover-repair

[brian hoeft]

Brian,

with the failures, are you positive you roughed up the mating surfaces as
well as wet them slightly?



On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM, brian hoeft <qweblog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Paul, that seems to be good for this task.
>
> Funny, like bb, my panel dropped yesterday as well and got me surly going
> down a very bumpy PA road.
>
> Apparently I repaired 1 clip years ago with gorilla glue(dont remember
> that). That clip was the one that remains adhered to the panel. The factory
> plastic is what broke yesterday.
>
> I was going to go the gorilla glue route again, but will take that
> suggestion and try something that looks more application specific.
>
> thanks, Brian
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Paul Gailus <gailus at mindspring.com>wrote:
>
>> I've had good luck using Devcon Plastic Welder on the clips. It's a 2-part
>> methacrylate glue, and it seems to adhere to the plastic cover better than
>> epoxy does.
>> I put additional glue over the clip to strengthen the bond, taking care
>> not to interfere with the spring action of the clip.
>>
>> http://www.buyacehardware.com/devcon-plastic-welder-25-ml-1062652.html
>> I think you can get it at Pep Boys, Autozone, etc.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> >From: brian bilotti <vinnieb2 at yahoo.com>
>> >Sent: Sep 7, 2010 4:52 PM
>> >To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> >Subject: [s-cars] Sunroof switch cover-repair
>> >
>> >S-Heads-
>> >
>> >I can't seem to find the proper epoxy to hold the #%*^%$# metal clips. I
>> can't believe it gets up to 200 degrees (that's what they say they're good
>> for) in that area of the headliner but the @#*&%$ thing droops then drops,
>> leaving me to unplug all the wires....again.
>> >
>> >I'm tempted to screw the thing up there.
>> >
>> >Any suggestions and BTDT would be appreciated.
>> >
>> >Thanks
>> >
>> >bb
>> >
>> >
>> >
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