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Old Aug 4, 2014 | 12:30 PM
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Default Broken '14 Fatbob Tail Light bracket
Went for a ride today, when at a stop I noticed that my tail light was drooping. Sure enough one of the arms that bolts to the fender snapped. Wouldn't be much of an issue if it was melted then I could easily fix it, but it's plastic and I'm running low on experience there. I called the dealer about a new one and well 300 bucks is more than enough for me to try to fix the old before buying a brand new one. I'm thinking of a metal arm to bolt to the fender, but I'm not really sure what would be best for bonding this type of plastic to the metal. If I find can find something that works, I'm going to reinforce the other side as well. Thanks for the help guys.

Ps: sorry about the image sizes I'm on my phone at the moment.





 
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warranty?
 
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warrentee?
Not factory setup so I don't think the warranty won't cover it.
 
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Honestly.. what I would do (just from what I can see) is put a piece of double sided 3M tape on the top and side and push it back up to see if that holds it. From what I remember installing min is it's not heavy at all. So that may do it.
 
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This is what I'm actually doing now. Glued pieces back together. Then attached a small metal bar to the inside. Once it's cured I'm going to drill a hole for the bolt.
 
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[QUOTE=case013;13065755]Went for a ride today, when at a stop I noticed that my tail light was drooping. Sure enough one of the arms that bolts to the fender snapped. Wouldn't be much of an issue if it was melted then I could easily fix it, but it's plastic and I'm running low on experience there. I called the dealer about a new one and well 300 bucks is more than enough for me to try to fix the old before buying a brand new one. I'm thinking of a metal arm to bolt to the fender, but I'm not really sure what would be best for bonding this type of plastic to the metal. If I find can find something that works, I'm going to reinforce the other side as well. Thanks for the help guys.

Ps: sorry about the image sizes I'm on my phone at the moment.





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That look's like a great job for the Magic Formula ??????? LocTite Weld High Temp, that S**T will hold anything especially plastic, if you do it probably will never break there again...........

Ohhhh...... are you giving all of us the BYRD in that picture or what .!. ???????

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That look's like a great job for the Magic Formula ??????? LocTite Weld High Temp, that S**T will hold anything especially plastic, if you do it probably will never break there again...........

Ohhhh...... are you giving all of us the BYRD in that picture or what .!. ???????

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Yea I went with a loctite mixture. We get this really good stuff at work offshore. It does wonders on the off-road toys so figured I'd give it a try.

Oops. Apologies about that. Sure I was unconsciously saying fml or screw this cheap plastic crap.
 
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Yea I went with a loctite mixture. We get this really good stuff at work offshore. It does wonders on the off-road toys so figured I'd give it a try.

Oops. Apologies about that. Sure I was unconsciously saying fml or screw this cheap plastic crap.
Yup.......... Couldn't resist splashing back if you know what I mean...........

I got a chuckle out of it anyway...............

Got luck brother...........

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