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At 2:43 AM +0000 3/23/04, remarbach wrote:

>Hi All > >The moulded pins on the inside of my radiator shrouds that fit inside >the gromets on the gas tank are broken on my A17. One is dangling and >ready to fall off and the other has completely separated from the shroud. > >What is the best way to fix this? Can they be reglued, and if so, what >type of glue would work? > >It they can't be reglued/plastic welded back on, what other techniques >can be used to fix this?

Drill a hole in the shroud where the pin used to be and run a nylon toilet seat bolt through the shroud and the grommet. Tighten the nylon nut by hand on the backside of the grommet. Looks and works great. Mark http://www.reelrider.com

Thanks Mark. Do you do anything about a spacer between the should and the gromet? My post broke off flush with the inside of the shroud. Randy from Burbank --- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, Tengai Mark Van Horn wrote:

> At 2:43 AM +0000 3/23/04, remarbach wrote: > >Hi All > > > >The moulded pins on the inside of my radiator shrouds that fit inside > >the gromets on the gas tank are broken on my A17. One is dangling and > >ready to fall off and the other has completely separated from the

shroud.

> > > >What is the best way to fix this? Can they be reglued, and if so, what > >type of glue would work? > > > >It they can't be reglued/plastic welded back on, what other techniques > >can be used to fix this? > > Drill a hole in the shroud where the pin used to be and run a nylon > toilet seat bolt through the shroud and the grommet. Tighten the > nylon nut by hand on the backside of the grommet. Looks and works > great. > > Mark > http://www.reelrider.com

In a message dated 2004-03-22 6:50:40 PM Pacific Standard Time, remarbach@... writes:

> > Hi All > > The moulded pins on the inside of my radiator shrouds that fit inside > the gromets on the gas tank are broken on my A17. One is dangling and > ready to fall off and the other has completely separated from the shroud. > > What is the best way to fix this? Can they be reglued, and if so, what > type of glue would work? > > It they can't be reglued/plastic welded back on, what other techniques > can be used to fix this? > > > TIA >

I drilled out a hole, and then with a neoprene expansion nut, a couple os slotted head brass bolts, a couple of nylon spacers and fender washers. First I removed the rubber grommets on the tank. The neoprene expansion thing has a flat washer built into one end. I stuck the expanding end through the hole in the gas tank leaving the built in washer between the tank and the shroud. Then I custom cut my nylon spacers to take up the space between the shroud and neoprene expansion thing. Stuck the brass bolt through a fender washer, through the shroud, through the nylon spacer and threaded it into the neoprene expansion nut. As a tighten the bolt, the neoprene unit locks itself into the hole on in the gas tank, pulling the shrouds into the tank. In some ways it might be overkill, but it is solid, secure, and not that hard to get off, or put back on. Pat G'ville, Nv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

At 3:06 AM +0000 3/23/04, remarbach wrote:

>Thanks Mark. Do you do anything about a spacer between the should and >the gromet? My post broke off flush with the inside of the shroud.

You may want to if the shrouds rub on the lower sides of the tank. I ran weatherstripping between the shrouds and tank instead of a spacer at the grommet. Either way is fine. Mark http://www.reelrider.com

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--- In DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com, "remarbach" wrote: > Hi All > > The moulded pins on the inside of my radiator shrouds that fit inside > the gromets on the gas tank are broken on my A17. One is dangling and > ready to fall off and the other has completely separated from the shroud. > > What is the best way to fix this? Can they be reglued, and if so, what > type of glue would work? > > It they can't be reglued/plastic welded back on, what other techniques > can be used to fix this? > > > TIA > > Randy from Burbank

Thanks Mike! I really appreciate the info. Thanks for the additional heads up info on stripped pullers. If my friend does have the correct size, I will take that into consideration before using it. Charles From: "wannabsmooth1" Charles, It's 22 x 1.5 be careful, though. There was recently a posting here about a stripped puller. Some of the pullers out there are soft, and it WILL make you unhappy if your the lucky guy that strips one. The KLR rotor is pulled onto a shallow angle taper on the crank, by a bolt that has been torqued to 130 ft/lbs - if it was done right. Some of them come of reasonably easy, some are #&*!!'s, and at the last tech day, we had one that you could remove by turning the puller in by hand. All the best, Mike Eagle Mfg & Eng San Diego, Ca. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html